Public Events

Currently Showing Planetarium & Astronomy

Go to: All Public Events

	Walk-In Planetarium Show Wed, Jul 2, 2025   4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free    Explore the cosmos with one of our astronomers during a lively planetarium open house, featuring a 15-minute star show followed by Q&A and sky tour requests!
	National Parks Adventure Sat, Jul 5, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        See stunning scenery in the fulldome film: National Parks Adventure.
	Night Sky in July Tue, Jul 8, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Learn about the night sky in this live planetarium presentation.
	Walk-In Planetarium Show Wed, Jul 9, 2025   4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free    Explore the cosmos with one of our astronomers during a lively planetarium open house, featuring a 15-minute star show followed by Q&A and sky tour requests!
	Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds Fri, Jul 11, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        We are able to explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed even our wildest expectations - there are planets everywhere!
	Mars: The Ultimate Voyage Sat, Jul 12, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Find out what might be needed for humans to journey to Mars in this fulldome planetarium movie.
	The James Webb Space Telescope Unlocked Universe Tue, Jul 15, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Come learn about the new discoveries and new mysteries from James Webb and check out some beautiful pictures!
	Supermassive Black Holes Fri, Jul 18, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Learn about the science of black holes and galaxy formation in this full-dome film.
	Mysteries of your Brain Sat, Jul 19, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Jump into an animated adventure following a girl and her crow companion as they explore what makes the human brain so special.
	From Earth to the Universe Fri, Jul 25, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        This stunning, 30-minute voyage through time and space conveys, through an arresting combination of sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science.
	Mayan Archeoastronomy Sat, Jul 26, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Learn about Mayan views of the sky in this animated fulldome planetarium film.
	One Sky: Sky Stories from Around the Globe Fri, Aug 1, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Experience sky perspectives and stories from around the world in this fulldome film.
	Explore Sat, Aug 2, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        EXPLORE presents a broad selection of science in a modern and accessible way, in a story that revolves around the ambition to colonize Mars.
	Night Sky in August Tue, Aug 5, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Learn about the night sky in this live planetarium presentation.
	Fantastic Fractals Fri, Aug 8, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Watch animated fractals swirl across the fulldome screen to music.
	Unveiling the Invisible Universe Sat, Aug 9, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Learn about the latest observations of the universe in this fulldome movie.
	Stellar Lifecycles Tue, Aug 12, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Galen Gisler will discuss what we've learned how stars live out their lives.
	FORWARD! To the Moon Sat, Aug 16, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Learn about NASA's plans to return to the Moon in this fulldome film.
	River of Bears Sat, Aug 23, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: See description        Immerse yourself in a fulldome exploration of the world of bears in Alaska.
	Fantastic Fractals Sat, Aug 30, 2025   2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Watch animated fractals swirl across the fulldome screen to music.
	Night Sky in September Fri, Sep 5, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Learn about the night sky in this live planetarium presentation.
	Seeing! Sat, Sep 6, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Follow the journey of a photon with the fulldome film, Seeing!
	Cosmic Mashups Sat, Sep 13, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Watch the formation of supermassive black holes in this fulldome planetarium film!
	Exoplanets and the Search for Life Fri, Sep 19, 2025   7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child        Learn about exoplanet discoveries and how scientists look for signs of life on these distant worlds.
	The Sun: Our Living Star Sat, Sep 20, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Discover the secrets of our star in this planetarium show and experience never-before-seen images of the Sun’s violent surface in immersive fulldome format.
	We Are Stars Sat, Sep 27, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Find out about the origins of universe in this animated fulldome planetarium film.

We reserve the right to refuse admittance to any of our programs, events, or the nature center.