Mars: The Ultimate Voyage February 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Discover the many challenges astronauts will face and how creativity, communication, and collaboration are essential for deep space exploration. This full-dome show takes audiences to the Red Planet. On a two year journey to Mars astronauts will face extraordinary challenges—long distance, a closed environment, isolation, altered gravity, radiation. Explore the inherent challenges of future human... Free
Leo and Art February 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Leo is an educational project about Art and Science, where two techniques are combined, puppets carved in wood and digital animation, with the aim of entertaining children and adults to awake their interest in Art and Science. With "Leo and Art" we take a journey through the history of Art and learn the basics of... Free
Variable Stars in the Winter/Spring February 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Many of the stars we see get brighter and even fainter over various periods of time. Some stars dim, brighten, dim again, and so on…in less than a second! Other stars take years to vary their brightness—and not because the star is dying. These stars are called “variable stars.” Explore a different variable star each... Free
The Largest Black Hole in the Universe & The Incredible Power of Quasars February 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Our audiences will enjoy two journeys in the dome! First,what’s the biggest black hole in existence? This video takes you on a journey through the universe to compare black holes of all sizes — from stellar remnants just a few kilometers wide to the mind-bending supermassive monsters that can engulf entire solar systems. Discover how... Free
Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope March 1 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party. Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of... Free
From Earth to the Universe March 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths, and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the universe may well be humanity's oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos.... Free
Music, A Dream of Sound March 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Join in for an unforgettable approach to music. This Junior Scientist program, "Music, a Dream of Sound," will begin with a 30-minute book reading session (Room A201) and continue into the Planetarium for the 3:40 p.m. show. From the noises of the prehistoric caverns, to the delights of classical and modern music. From the beauty... Free
The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes & The Largest Star in the Universe March 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Our audiences will enjoy two journeys in the dome! When a massive star dies but doesn’t collapse into a black hole, it becomes something almost as strange — a neutron star. This video dives into the world of these ultra-dense cosmic remnants, where a teaspoon of matter weighs billions of tons, gravity warps space, and... Free
Collection Crawl Featured April 11 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Collection Crawl annual open house is a chance for us to showcase a wide variety of museum specimens from all of our UWSP collections. Participants can spend hours visiting collection sites around campus and engaging in science games and activities with our staff and volunteers. Free
One Sky Project April 12 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The concept for each film was conceived by the One Sky Project partnership to showcase the ways different cultures see and interpret humanity’s shared sky. The One Sky Project collaborative was convened in the summer of 2019 and involved astronomers, planetarium professionals, educators, and cultural experts from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the United States.... Free
Mysteries of Your Brain April 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Jump into an animated adventure following a girl and her crow companion as they explore what makes the human brain so special. Together you’ll zoom along the paths of neurons, find out how human and animal brains differ, and experience illusions on a grand scale! Along the way, you’ll learn how your brain makes you,... Free
Sunstruck April 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Heliophysics is the main component of the Sunstruck! planetarium show. It includes information on the sun, parts/layers, space weather and its impact on Earth. With amazing footage from NASA heliophysics missions, the audience should gain an enhanced understanding of the Sun and how it impacts our world. *Recommended for all audiences Admission There is no... Free