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Mysteries of Your Brain

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,...

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Supermassive Black Holes: Uncovering the Invisible

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 science dissemination have been brought together to set up research projects which will combine the latest state-of-the-art observations, numerical simulations and innovative analytic tools to...

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One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the...

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Mars: The Ultimate Voyage

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. Witness what it takes to embark on...

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Moles, What is Out There?

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Young children will be introduced to the fascinating world of astronomy in a fun, simple and very humorous way, hand in hand with Plato, a young mole. The animated characters and the attractive backdrops of this full dome entertainment show will keep audiences captivated. With Moles, children will learn basic concepts about science while having...

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Season of Light

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Season of Light is an elegant and sophisticated program about the coldest and darkest of seasons — a time which holds some of the warmest and brightest celebrations of the year. This planetarium presentation traces the history and development of many of the world's most endearing holiday customs, all of which involve lighting up the...

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Musica- Why is the Universe Beautiful?

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, detailed descriptions of the spiral designs inherent in natural phenomena such as DNA, sunflowers and galaxies, the concepts of harmony and harmonics resulting from maths...

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Sky Quest

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Sky Quest is a family favorite, telling the story of one woman's quest for astronomy exploration and her childhood dreams of the stars. The educational focus of Sky Quest is to introduce easily observable objects in the night sky with emphasis on finding them and knowing their characteristics. It also stresses the idea that anyone...

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Touching the Edge of the Universe

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Touching the Edge of the Universe tells the story of astronomy from the time of Galileo and his simple optical telescope to today’s sophisticated space astronomy missions. Created using the latest technology for full dome and analogue planetariums; shot on location at the European Space Agency’s Main Control Room in Darmstadt, Germany. The show features...

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Unveiling the Invisible Universe

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

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...

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Exoplanets – Discovering New Worlds

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

The modern hunt for exoplanets is an adventure that began in the 20th century. It continues today as astronomers use both ground- and space-based observatories to find planets around other stars. Ultimately, this great age of discovery could lead to the detection of life beyond our solar system. This show tells the story of our...

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