Understanding the Basics of the Calendar October 12, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Understanding the basics of the calendar - What is a day? What is a month? What is a year? How are the names of the days related to important objects... Free
Homecoming/ Family Day Planetarium Shows October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Make time to enjoy one of the Family Day Planetarium shows available to you! Our schedule for the day is as follows: 10 a.m. “From Earth to the Universe” 11... Free
Musica- Why is the Universe Beautiful? October 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States This all-ages show in the planetarium presents the idea that art, music, physics and mathematics are fundamentally related and an integral part of the beauty of the Cosmos. With vivid,... Free
Practicing Farewell October 21, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Chemistry Biology Building 2101 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States As life changes, we find ourselves saying farewell to people, places, activities, and things. What makes a farewell successful? Are there ways to practice saying farewell to make it easier... Free
Badger Talks: How Can We Find Other Life in the Universe? Featured October 24, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Chemistry Biology Building 2101 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Are we alone in the universe? This question has been asked for over two thousand years, and we now possess the tools and techniques necessary to answer it. Assistant Professor... Free
Spark: The Universe in Us October 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Journey across space and time as we explore the remnants of stellar explosions, tracing the movements of elements through our galaxy to understand how stars live, die, and seed the... Free
The Cosmic Spectrograph November 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Discover spectroscopy, the science of light, and learn how scientists study the Universe by deciphering clues hidden in light arriving from distant objects. The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) is an instrument... Free
Cosmic Castaways November 9, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States There are places in the Universe where the night sky has no constellations. No Orion, no Saucepan. Nothing but a few lonely, far away stars and some faint, ghostly patches... Free
Stories of the Constellations November 9, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States We will learn together a few constellations and the ancient legends associated with them. Ideal for families with young children. Our shows are open to the public in the Allen F.... Free
Big Astronomy November 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Big Astronomy or Astronomía a Gran Escala, is a multifaceted research and outreach project, supported by several partners and funded by the National Science Foundation, that showcases the award-winning bilingual... Free
From Earth to the Universe November 23, 2025 @ 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... Free
Supermassive Black Holes December 7, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Shed light on the physics of black hole formation! Leading scientists in observational and theoretical studies of black holes and galaxies, industrial experts in cutting-edge big technologies, and professionals in... Free