{"id":518,"date":"2023-05-25T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=229828"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:57:09","slug":"the-sun-our-living-star-6","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/event\/the-sun-our-living-star-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun, Our Living Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Discover the secrets of our Sun with never-before-seen images of the Sun\u2019s surface. It is our nearest star and our planet\u2019s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our winds, our weather and all life. The passage of the Sun\u2019s fiery disc across the sky \u2014 day by day, month by month \u2014 was the only way to keep track of time for countless past civilizations. Don\u2019t be fooled by the terminology; although it is a typical dwarf star, the Sun consumes 600 million tons of hydrogen each second and is 500 times as massive as all the planets combined.<\/p>\n<p>You will experience the Sun\u2019s violent surface in this immersive full dome format planetarium show. <strong>*Recommended for all audiences\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Admission<\/h2>\n<p>There is no charge for our public programs, although donations of $1-$2 per attendee will be greatly appreciated to allow us to continue these public programs for our community.<\/p>\n<h2>Parking<\/h2>\n<p>Parking is\u00a0free on campus\u00a0for our guests\u00a0only on\u00a0Saturdays\u00a0and Sundays.\u00a0From Monday-Friday, the UWSP parking lots are\u00a0enforced 2 am \u2013 7 pm. Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.uwsp.edu\/parking\/pages\/visitors.aspx\">this website<\/a>\u00a0for more details about parking\u00a0options, rules, and regulations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-208411 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetarium-Campaign-2025-512x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>GET INVOLVED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blocher Planetarium is a treasure of the Stevens Point community, offering shows to students young and old alike. This space has inspired countless students to go onto careers in astronomy and sparked the imagination of young children on field trips as they ask questions about the universe and their place in it. Help &#8220;<strong>Rebuild the Wonder<\/strong>&#8221; and join this effort to keep future generations gazing up at the stars. <a href=\"https:\/\/give.uwsp.edu\/g\/general-give-now-page\">Learn More!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the secrets of our Sun with never-before-seen images of the Sun\u2019s surface. It is our nearest star and our planet\u2019s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":519,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[89,91,23,133,103,161,108,107,87],"tribe_events_cat":[23],"class_list":["post-518","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-energy","tag-planetarium","tag-planets","tag-science","tag-science-festival","tag-space","tag-sun","tag-uwsp","tribe_events_cat-planetarium","cat_planetarium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}