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River of Bears

Fri, Aug 22, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: See description   

Immerse yourself in a fulldome exploration of the world of bears in Alaska.

River of Bears

Sat, Aug 23, 2025   2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: See description   registration icon    

Immerse yourself in a fulldome exploration of the world of bears in Alaska.

Walk-In Planetarium Show

Wed, Aug 27, 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

Fri, Aug 29, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family   registration icon    dollar icon

See stunning scenery in the fulldome film: National Parks Adventure.

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

Watch animated fractals swirl across the fulldome screen to music.

Walk-In Planetarium Show

Wed, Sep 3, 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!

Big Astronomy

Fri, Sep 5, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family   registration icon    dollar icon

See stunning scenery in the fulldome film: National Parks Adventure.

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

Follow the journey of a photon with the fulldome film, Seeing!

Walk-In Planetarium Show

Wed, Sep 10, 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!

Black Holes

Fri, Sep 12, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: See description   registration icon    

Explore Black Holes in this full-dome planetarium film

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

Watch the formation of supermassive black holes in this fulldome planetarium film!

Walk-In Planetarium Show

Wed, Sep 17, 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!
Audio Universe Tour of the Solar System

Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System

Fri, Sep 19, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: $8/Adult, $6/Child; $20/Family   registration icon    dollar icon

Experience the Solar System like never before - by traveling on a spacecraft that can turn the objects in space into sound!

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

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.   registration icon    dollar icon

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.

Walk-In Planetarium Show

Wed, Sep 24, 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!

Space Out

Fri, Sep 26, 2025   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy
Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family   registration icon    dollar icon

Turn on, tune in, and space out to relaxing music and stunning ultra high-definition visuals of our cosmic neighborhood.

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   registration icon    dollar icon

Find out about the origins of universe in this animated fulldome planetarium film.

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