7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Zodiac – The Moon, The Sun, and the Path of the Planets June 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Zodiac – The Moon, The Sun, and the Path of the Planets Zodiac conveys fundamental celestial phenomena in way that's easy to understand. Follow the Moon and Sun as they move across the star-studded sky, and meet constellations with well-known names. Our shows are open to the public in the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. The planetarium is located on the second floor of the Science Building, by the... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope July 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope 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
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Unveiling the Invisible Universe July 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Unveiling the Invisible Universe Winner of Best Full Dome Film at the 2021 Baikal International Film Festival, Unveiling the Invisible Universe uses vivid, dynamic imagery to survey 13 billion light years of space observation from Galileo to the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope. For thousands of years we have observed light coming from the night sky with our... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Forward! To the Moon! July 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Forward! To the Moon! NASA’s 21st century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman and person of color on the surface of the Moon. Using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before, NASA uses what... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret July 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret What keeps Galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it looks today? Researchers all around the world try to answer these questions. We know today that approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm One Sky Project July 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm One Sky Project 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