July 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Hot and Energetic Universe UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The planetarium documentary “The Hot and Energetic Universe” presents with the use of Immersive Visualizations and real images the achievements of the modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics. This full dome film immerses viewers in real life... Free
July 15, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm IBEX- The Search for the Edge of the Solar System UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy in IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System. Designed for visitors with an appreciation for the challenges of space science and a desire to learn more about science research, IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar... Free
July 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Forward! To the Moon! UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States 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
September 1, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Universe in a Room: The Story of The Planetarium UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Travel back 100 years in this full dome planetarium show about this wonderful invention! Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated by the night sky, and various mechanical models were built, ultimately leading to a magical innovation, to dynamically represent the starry sky. In ancient Greece, celestial globes, orreries, and astrolabes were created to simulate the... Free
September 8, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spark: The Universe in Us 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 Universe with the elements to build new generations of stars, planets, and life. Narrated by Diego Luna, the California Academy of Sciences’ all-new, original planetarium... Free
September 15, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Starlight UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States For thousands of years we have looked to the stars at night in wonder and awe. Their mysteries have inspired curiosity across all cultures and civilizations. Starlight is told through the eyes of Margaret, as she steps back in time to relive childhood fears of the dark that awoke her curiosity about the night sky.... Free
Featured Featured September 17, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Free Speech on Campus Laird Room in Dreyfus University Center 1015 Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI What constitutes free speech? This event will celebrate Constitution Day and focus on current topics in free speech on campus. There will be short presentations on civil dialogue and the basic principles of freedom of expression on college campuses. Attendees will be seated in small groups for discussion and civil dialogue. Join us for a... Free
September 22, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Arcs to Auroras UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The full dome film “Arcs To Auroras” shows the first aurora seen simultaneously from the ground and from the International Space Station. Viewers will learn how the Earth’s magnetic field protects our planet from energetic particles from the Sun and galaxy, and how the magnetic field also protects the water in our atmosphere from being... Free
September 29, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Lars, the Little Polar Bear UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States What happens when a frisky little polar bear named Lars ventures out on the first day of spring? He explores his Arctic home, meets new friends, and saves some endangered whales. Children will learn about how real polar bears live, why they have small ears and tails, what they eat, and how the melting of... Free
October 6, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dinosaur Prophecy UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Never before have so many types of dinosaurs come to life in full-dome immersive reality. Long before dinosaurs' massive extinction 65 million years ago, many individual species simply disappeared. Visit dinosaur graveyards, study their bones, and reconstruct how these creatures lived and died to solve four famous cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs... Free
October 13, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Night of the Titanic UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Experience what it was like to stand on the deck of the doomed ocean liner Titanic the night she sank. "Night of the Titanic" shows the unique conditions in Earth and space that, coupled with human errors, contributed to the sinking of the ship on April 15, 1912. A new Houston Museum of Natural Science... Free
October 20, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Sun, Our Living Star UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Discover the secrets of our Sun with never-before-seen images of the Sun’s surface. It is our nearest star and our planet’s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our winds, our weather and all life. The passage of the Sun’s fiery disc across the sky — day by day, month by month — was... Free