The following shows are available for school and community groups that are not part of NCSD.
The following shows are available for school and community groups that are not part of NCSD.
Non-NCSD schools or groups wishing to schedule a show time will need to contact the Planetarium, and then go to the NCSD Facilities Scheduler page and become a Requester.
Non-NCSD schools or groups wishing to schedule a show time will need to contact the Planetarium, and then go to the NCSD Facilities Scheduler page and become a Requester.
5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI
This is a fulldome film about the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe. Experience the largest structures in the universe as never seen before by flying through a portion of DESI’s initial data. Dive into modern cosmology, plus the scientific background and motivation for building a large map of galaxies. And, take a trip to Kitt Peak to see footage of the telescope in action while getting to know the amazing people from all over the world making this research possible.
Run Time: 22 minutes Recommended for ages 14+
Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity
Ancient astronomers knew the Earth was round, created an accurate star map, and developed a method for predicting eclipses. Sailors navigated by the stars. Discover how the Pantheon is an astronomical instrument, how Eratosthenes measured the Earth’s circumference, who first said that the Earth orbits the Sun, and who created the Antikythera Mechanism to predict motions of the sun, moon and planets. The seven most Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity are responsible for most of the astronomy we still use everyday.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Amp’s Amazing Night Flight
Follow Amp the Firefly as he explores the night sky, constellations, visible planets and the moon.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for grades Pre-K through 1
Astronaut
Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut. Explore the amazing worlds of inner and outer space, from floating around the International Space Station to maneuvering through microscopic regions of the human body. Discover the perils that lurk in space as we subject ‘Chad,’ our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him. Narrated by Ewan McGregor.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Atlas of a Changing Earth
Explore images from space are shedding new light on Earth’s evolution in the wake of rising global temperatures. Atlas takes viewers into the dynamic processes that cause coastal glaciers to melt and explores how rising seas could threaten coastlines around the world. Satellite imagery is being used to map every square meter of the planet, providing a highly detailed view of remote areas of the world like Antarctica and Greenland.
Run Time: 24 minutes Recommended for ages 12+
Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System
The audience of this 35 minute show is transported inside a special spacecraft that takes them to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to view the stars in the night sky, before lifting them off into space to visit the Earth, Moon, Sun and all the planets of the Solar System.
Unlike traditional planetarium shows the soundtrack takes the lead role. Each of the objects in space is represented with sounds as well as being presented with visuals. The audience listens to the stars appear and hears the planets orbit around their heads. This means that this show is an immersive experience that can be enjoyed irrespective of the level of vision.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 6+
Big Astronomy
This show explores three observatories. located in extreme environments and remote locations in Chile. Due to its special climate and location, Chile is one of the best places in the world for astronomy. By 2022, 70% of the world's optical and infrared collecting power was located in Chile. With a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) the film highlights the multitude of careers needed to keep the great observatories working. The show is narrated by Barbara Rojas-Ayala, a Chilean astronomer.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 9+
Black Holes
They lurk in the universe like cosmic dragons. They can devour entire stars. And once in their grasp, nothing — not even light — can escape. This program takes you on a journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the Universe. Learn where Black Holes come from, where they are found, and their unique properties. Narrated by John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek).
Run Time: 40 minutes Recommended for grades 7+
CAPCOM Go! The Apollo Story
An immersive, historical documentary that showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the Moon. It introduces a new generation to the immense challenges overcome and will inspire them to become the explorers, designers, engineers, thinkers and dreamers of the future.
Run Time: 26 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Climate Change in Our Backyard
This show explores the science of climate change, its impact on our planet, and the human role in it, while also offering solutions and ways to support sustainability.
Run time: 19 minutes Recommended for ages 12+
Cosmic Castaways
There are places where the night sky has no constellations.
No Orion, no Big Dipper, nothing but a few lonely, far away stars and a few faint, ghostly patches of light. Most stars lie within the crowded boundaries of galaxies, travelling with their brothers and sisters in a vast galactic family. But some find themselves on their own, deep within voids between the galaxies. These are the cosmic castaways.
This show is an original production of the Ward Beecher Planetarium and is based on the research of YSU’s resident astrophysicists Dr. John Feldmeier and Dr. Patrick Durrell.
Run Time: 21 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Cosmic Journey
Tour the cosmos with astrophysicist Dr. Stacy Palen as your guide! Cosmic Journey tells the story of the universe from a uniquely human perspective. Drift through images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other NASA Great Observatories in a fulldome experience like no other.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for ages 10+
Cosmic Mashups: Gravity, Galaxies and Supermassive Blackholes
Supermassive black holes are found in most galaxies and we're beginning to uncover how the merging of galaxies activate galactic centers. This engaging fulldome film was produced by Fiske Planetarium in collaboration with CU Boulder APS Professor, Dr. Julie Comerfoerd and former graduate student Dr. Becky Nevin through support from an NSF award.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for all ages
Cosmic Mashups - Trailer
Cosmology
The study of our universe is as old as time, yet our understanding of the origins and nature of the universe is less than 100 years old.
This fulldome planetarium program, written and produced by high school and college students and produced by the Casper Planetarium, is an overview of the science of cosmology. From our earliest theories about the size of the universe to the big bang theory, this show details how our understanding has evolved over time. Narrated by Michael Stevens of Vsauce.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 12+
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph was the last instrument added to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. This program discusses how the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph analyzes visible and invisible light of the cosmos and explores the hidden large-scale structure of the universe to understand the origins of galaxies, stars, and planets.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Dark Matter Mystery, The: 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 out there. But we have no idea what it is made out of.
This fulldome planetarium show takes you on the biggest quest of contemporary astrophysics. You will see why we know that Dark Matter exists, and how this search is one of the most challenging and exciting searches science has to offer. Join the scientists on their hunt for Dark Matter with experiments in space and deep underground. Will they be able to solve the Dark Matter Mystery?
Run Time: 38 minutes Recommended for ages 14+
Daughter of the Stars
This show takes the audience on a journey with a First Nation, Native American story teller showcasing various lore about the night sky and how things came to be. The show was written by Jon U. Bell, narrated by Ca the Crafter of the Seneca tribe, music by Jonn Serrie, animations and production by Troy McClellan.
Run time: 30 minutes Recommended for all ages
Dawn of the Space Age
From the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the magnificent lunar landings and privately operated space flights. Be immersed and overwhelmed with this most accurate historic reconstruction of Man's first steps into space. Who were these men and women that took part in these death defying endeavors? Witness their drive, their passion, and their perseverance to explore, in Dawn of the Space Age".
Run Time: 40 minutes Recommended for all ages
Destination Mars: The New Frontier
Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, where astronauts are already living and working in space, and follow the rockets and vehicles that will take humans beyond the Moon and, one day, all the way to Mars! Travel along as we imagine this remarkable journey.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for grades 4+
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Like almost all children, Celeste is fascinated with dinosaurs. She is preparing a talk for her class about how they went extinct when Moon, a very wise and magical character, poses a tantalizing question: what if I told you that there are still dinosaurs among us?
Celeste will join Moon in a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show them the Earth as it was in the very, very distant past.
They will see the fascinating transformations that these animals underwent over millions of years, creating giant creatures, armored beasts and super predators, until the day that a cataclysmic impact event caused a mass extinction on Earth.
But all is not lost. Celeste will discover the key to their survival.
Run Time: 28 minutes Recommended for all audiences
Distant Worlds - Alien Life?
This is a beautiful planetarium film exploring one of the most enduring questions of humankind — are we alone?
For millennia our ancestors watched the stars, questioning the origin and nature of what they saw. Still today we ask these questions, knowing that the Universe is a vast place filled with billions and billions of stars and planets — but yet, Earth is the only planet we know for sure to be inhabited.
Run Time: 52 minutes Recommended for all ages
Dream to Fly
Discover the mystery of flight with Leonardo da Vinci, the Montgolfier brothers, the Wright brothers and other inventors. Experience the adventure and find out how this immense and challenging dream, for which mankind has striven since the beginning of history, came true.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 10+
Drifting North: Into the Polar Night
Step out onto an ice flow in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, and watch as scientists race the fading light to set up one of the most ambitious international climate collaborations ever, MOSAiC. The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate launched in September 2019. Led by the German Alfred Wegener Institute, the mission froze an icebreaker into the Central Arctic Ocean to better understand the remote regions and the role it plays in global climate and weather patterns.
Run time: 26 minutes Recommended for ages middle school+
Drifting North: The Arctic Pulse
Follow an international team of scientists from over twenty countries who embark on an epic year-long expedition the the Central Arctic, MOSAiC. The multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Arctic Climate team froze the German Icebreaker R/V Polarster into the sea ice for a year. For a year, the team drifts with an ice floe and strives to understand the Arctic climate system and its future.
Run time: 27 minutes Recommended for ages middle school+
Earth, Moon & Sun
This planetarium show explores the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions who has many misconceptions about our home planet and its most familiar neighbors.
His confusion about the universe makes viewers think about how the Earth, Moon and Sun work together as a system. Native American stories are used throughout the show to help distinguish between myths and science.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 7+
Earth’s Wild Ride
Set on the surface of the Moon in the year 2081, a grandfather and granddaughter watch a solar eclipse from scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony. Conversation leads to contrasts between the moon, the only home the granddaughter knows, and the Earth, where the grandfather has spent most of his life. While learning about eclipses, the ice age, Earth’s water cycle and differences between the Earth and Moon, the audience is taken on a roller-coaster-like ride through canyons of raging rivers and hot flowing lava. Adventure and appreciation for home fill this 20-minute journey back to the Earth.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for grades 2 - 5
Einstein’s Gravity Playlist
This show explores the ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1916, and a century later scientists detected these waves using incredibly precise laser technology here on Earth. In honor of this long-anticipated detection, the scientists who created the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. In this show, viewers follow Lucia, a PhD student in physics, on an exploration of how gravitational waves are formed, how they move through the universe, and how scientists like her work to hear them.
Run Time: 22 minutes Recommended for ages 18+
Exoplanets: Worlds of Wonder
Join mankind’s first space probe as it journeys outside our solar system to the many new worlds astronomers are discovering beyond. Visit gas giants caught in a deadly dance with their host stars, frozen rogue planets hurling through space, molten rocky worlds now known to science and new planets drifting comfortably within the Goldilocks Zone, the area around a star where Earth-like worlds may exist. Audiences will also learn new insight about our Earth, Moon, Sun and the remarkable Solar System we inhabit.
Run Time: 26 minutes Recommended for ages 6+
Exoplanets: Worlds of Wonder - Trailer
Expedition Reef
Learn the secrets of the "rainforests of the sea" as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world's most vibrant and endangered marine ecosystems. Narrated by Tony Award® winner Lea Salonga, the all-digital Expedition Reef immerses you in the undersea adventure. Along the way, discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth—while facing unprecedented threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing.
Run Time: 26 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Explore
Space exploration today relies on discoveries made in centuries past, especially those of Johannes Kepler. This visually stunning show begins with an easy-to-understand explanation of Kepler’s laws of motion, then shows how those ideas are put to use on a hypothetical mission to Mars.
Run Time: 27 minutes Recommended for ages 12+
Flight Adventures
Discover the science of flight through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather as they explore how birds, kites, planes and models fly. Learn about the history and future plans of flight and how NASA is discovering new and safer ways to travel with the help of future engineers and aviators – like YOU!
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Forward! To the Moon
Kari Byron from Crash Test World and MythBusters launches us on a journey beyond the Earth towards a sustainable future in space. 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.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA
Journey from NASA’s test facilities all the way to Pluto and experience the excitement of today’s space missions.
Immerse yourself in the adventures and extremes of spacecraft engineering—from the design of missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and New Horizons, to the rigors of testing, launch, and space operations.
When humans dare to dream, we create truly amazing things.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
From Earth to the Universe
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. To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today’s grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe. This show is also available in a Spanish language version.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 14+
Galileo: The Power of the Telescope
Two eyes and two pieces of glass revolutionized human understanding 400 years ago. The eyes belonged to Galileo Galilei, and the curved pieces of glass were the lenses of his telescope. Experience Galileo’s early experiments, his advocacy of the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun, and his work with early telescopes. Learn how his keen observations culminated in The Starry Messenger, an early masterpiece in which Galileo described all his dazzling discoveries. Narrated by Dava Sobel, author of the award-winning biography Galileo’s Daughter.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Girl Who Walked Upside Down, The
This is the tale of a very special girl. She came to us one spring day after a storm, walking upside down by the rainbow. She has a very special point of view of everything, perhaps due to her special way of walking. The girl who walked upside down is committed to the fight against light pollution.
Run Time: 33 minutes Recommended for ages 6+
Habitat Earth
Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. In this planetarium show, discover what it means to live in today’s connected world. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in kelp forest ecosystems, travel beneath the forest floor to see how Earth’s tallest trees rely on tiny fungi to survive, and journey to new heights to witness the intricate intersection between human and ecological networks.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for all ages
Halloween: Celestial Origins
What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes… astronomy? After all, Halloween is an astronomical holiday! Learn the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” Also explore the night sky and learn what planets, constellations, and stars will be out on your Halloween evening.
Run Time: 24 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Heart of the Sun
Experience our nearest star, the Sun, from a new perspective: this show takes you inside the Sun, in breathtaking high definition! New technology captures both the fine surface detail and the vast eruptions of the corona with unprecedented clarity. From the Neolithic skywatchers of Europe to the solar observatories of Mesoamerica to the dawning of Aristotelian science, the development of our whole cosmology has been informed by our struggle to understand the Sun. This living star continues to challenge our imagination today.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
The Hot and Energetic Universe
High Energy Astrophysics plays a key role in understanding the universe. These radiations reveal the processes in the hot and violent Universe. This science also probes hot gas in clusters of galaxies, which are the most massive objects in the Universe. It also probes hot gas accreting around supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. Finally, high energy radiation provides important information about our own Galaxy, neutron stars, supernova remnants and stars like our Sun which emit copious amounts of high energy radiation.
Run Time: 29 minutes Recommended for all audiences
Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way (short film)
What lies at the heart of our galaxy? For twenty years, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Keck telescopes have observed the centre of the galaxy, looking at the motion of more than a hundred stars and identifying the position of an otherwise invisible object — the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
Embark on a Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way and during seven minutes travel faster than light, from the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile right to the centre of our own galaxy, where a black hole is consuming anything that strays into its path.
84 million stars will appear in front of your eyes, each hiding mysteries waiting to be solved. Are there planets around them, perhaps with moons? Do they have water? Could they harbor life?
Run time: 7 minutes Recommended for ages 14+
Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration.
NASA's fleet of Mars robotic explorers are paving the way for human exploration of the Solar System in the coming decades.
Run time: 10 min Recommended for ages 14+
Lars the Little Polar Bear
Explore the changing Arctic landscape with a curious little polar bear!
This show offers a charming story about the adventures of Lars and his friends, and explores the habitats of their real-life counterparts in the Arctic.
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.
Lars the Little Polar Bear is the beloved star of a children’s book “Little Polar Bear and the Whales” authored by Hans de Beer in 2008. It’s the perfect basis for a fulldome show to teach young children about nature, climate change — and a little astronomy.
Run Time: 27 minutes Recommended for all ages
Legends of the Night Sky: Orion
Mythology comes to life in a fun-filled, animated adventure. Accompanied by narrators Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, we follow Orion as he grows to manhood, battles mythical beasts, foils the plot of an evil king and wins the heart of Artemis, the beautiful moon-goddess. By the end of the story, we learn how the constellation Orion was placed in the sky, forever turning overhead throughout the seasons.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for ages 6+
Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda
Mythology comes to life in a fun-filled, animated adventure. Accompanied by narrators Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, we follow the adventures of the demigod, Perseus. The beautiful princess Andromeda finds herself in harm’s way as a result of her parents’ foolishness. Can Perseus save her in time? Find out in this humorous animated program, which is fun for the whole family!
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 6 and up
Light Before Christmas, The
After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas eve, two children are rescued by their friend the Candleman, an old sage who imparts wisdom, hot chocolate, and stories. Opening a weathered book, he begins reading the classic tale 'The Night Before Christmas.' Magically, the children become characters in the poem where they learn the light of Christmas comes from the giver of all good gifts.
Run Time: 35 minutes Appropriate for all ages
Little Star that Could, The
This is a story about Little Star, an average yellow star in search for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what makes each star special, and discovers that stars combine to form star clusters and galaxies. Eventually, Little Star finds his planets. Each planet is introduced with basic information about our Solar System.
This popular and well-loved story owned and created by The Saint Louis Science Center over 20 years ago has been updated with accurate astronomical information. Have no fear; the story basically remains the same with all of your favorite stars!
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 6 and up
Magic Globe - A Story of the Seasons
On vacation at her grandpa’s, Mia accidentally discovers a mysterious piece of astronomical machinery. Mia’s eccentric uncle tricks the girl into using the tool’s secret powers to change the world’s seasons. She quickly realizes the consequences of what they are going to do, but her uncle doesn’t want to let the plan go.
Run time: 29 minutes Recommended for ages 5 -12
Mars: One Thousand One
Join the international crew of the IRIS 1 on their thousand-day mission to Mars. This fictional journey reflects the challenges a real crew will face some day. As entertaining as it is informative, this show is a cross between Hollywood and NASA. Reporter Miles O'Brien is reporting live from his Space Headquarters TV Studio in New York while events unfold for the crew on their 1001 day long mission. We will witness firsthand their brave attempts to put human footprints on Mars and return safely to Earth. This journey is made possible by the biggest engineering feat ever and loaded with scientific experiments. The explorers will be extending our knowledge of Mars and learning whether or not mankind has a future amongst the stars. Experience the thrill of the grandest mission of exploration ever undertaken!
Run time: 52 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Max Goes to the Moon
Max the dog and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo era. Along the way, the story sets the stage for the more sophisticated science of the “Big Kid Box” sidebars, which cover topics including “Phases of the Moon,” “Wings in Space?,” and “Frisbees and Curve Balls on the Moon” — all thoughtfully explained so that grownups and children can learn together about science. Toward the end, Max and Tori’s trip proves so inspiring to people back on Earth that all the nations of the world come together to build a great Moon colony from which “the beautiful views of Earth from the Moon made everyone realize that we all share a small and precious planet.”
Run time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 4-12
Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
This beautiful show intertwines science and mythology to take the viewer on a poetic journey through how the Mayans viewed and understood the universe throughout their history. Explore six different Mayan archeological sites and their connection to the universe. The visuals are stunning, giving the viewer the impression of being inside a beautifully stylistic painting.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 9 and up
Moon, The: A Modular Planetarium Program
The Moon is a modular planetarium program that focuses on our closest companion in space – the Moon.
Three short segments focus on the observable features of the Moon, the apparent daily motion of the Moon, and the pattern of change in the Moon’s appearance/Moon phases. This also allows the option of incorporating live interactive planetarium teaching with this program.
Run time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 5 and up
NASA Exploration Series
A collection of eight short videos about space exploration and NASA science. Produced in partnership with the Fiske Planetarium, these videos showcase various aspects of NASA science and missions. The series covers a range of topics, including satellite technology, space exploration missions, and discoveries about our solar system and beyond.
Grace 6:30 minutes
Cubesats 6:26 minutes
MUG9 6:29 minutes
Parker Solar Probe 6:40 minutes
Apollo Solar Probe 7:54 minutes
The Dawn of Orion 5:04 minutes
TESS 6:00 minutes
SOFIA 7:14 minutes
Recommended for ages 15+
One Sky Project
The One Sky Project is an international collaboration focused on increasing understanding about cultural and indigenous astronomy, its historical and modern applications, and how our One Sky connects us all. We'll visit ancient Greece and find patterns in the Forge of Artemis; measure time with the Dine, or Navajo people to seek the Thunderbird; explore 18th-century India in Jai Singh's Dream; journey with First People of what is now northern Canada in a Celestial Canoe; visit Japan to find the patterns of the Samurai and Stars; and venture out into the ocean with Hawaiian navigator in Wayfinders.
6 short Perspectives On Cultural & Indigenous Astronomy
Finding Patterns: The Forge of Artemis 5:42 min
To Seek Far: Thunderbird 7:30 min
To Seek Far: Jai Singh's Dream 7:19 min
Celestial Canoe 7:14 min
Finding Patterns: The Samurai and Stars 5:45 min
Finding Patterns: Wayfinders 7:00 min
Epilogue 3:31 min
Full Show Run time 43 minutes
Recommended for ages 8+
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
Follow Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. Also available in Spanish and Chinese language versions.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for ages 2 and up
Origins of Life
Explore some of the most profound questions of life science: the origins of life and the human search for life beyond Earth. Travel from prebiotic chemistry in the Universe, through the formation of stars and solar systems, to the first life on Earth. Origins of Life also covers the great extinctions as well as our search for (primitive) life beyond planet Earth. Origins of Life is an inspirational journey through time and a celebration of life on Earth and the advances of science.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Origins of Life - Trailer
Our Violent Planet: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis
We live out our lives on our planet's fractured crust-"plates that pull apart, collide, grind past each other and even sink below one another, producing violent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and catastrophic walls of water know as tsunamis." This production is about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, earth, geology and continental drift.
Run Time: 28 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Out There – The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
For thousands of years, mankind thought that the Earth was the center of the Universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination, and urge to explore, we now know that the Sun is just one star among hundreds of billions in the Milky Way. With the world’s most powerful telescopes, we can explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed expectations. Most stars have planets, and a huge diversity of different worlds is out there, just waiting to be discovered.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Phantom of the Universe
Journey from the Andromeda Galaxy to the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth, housed deep underground in a former gold mine, to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Learn how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.
Run Time: 28 minutes Recommended for ages 10 and up
Planetary Visions: A Solar System Adventure
Make sure your seatbelt is securely fastened as we blast off with “Toggle” on an adventurous and interactive tour of the Solar System! Detailed information about planets, moons, and the Sun is provided as we fly through the various regions of our solar neighborhood.
Run Time: 35 minutes Recommended for ages 8 to 10
Rising Star: A South African Astronomy Journey
Rising Star takes you on an astronomical journey from our beginnings through the development of astronomy research in South Africa and looks at what the future of astronomy holds for the country. In addition to introducing multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy, it highlights the many remarkable facilities hosted in South Africa along with some of their latest results. This includes unrestricted views of the 10-metre class Southern African Large Telescope and the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, MeerKAT.
Run time: 24 mintues Recommended for all ages
Science Through Shadows: Eclipses, Occultations and Transits
All three of these astronomical alignments provide astronomers with opportunities to study our solar system and galaxy. And all three involve shadows!
Annular 3:05 minutes
Totality 6:30 minutes
Chasing Polymele Shadows 5:22 minutes
Occultations 10:00 minutes
Humanity Touches Sun 7:30 minutes
Recommended for ages 12+
Season of Light
This show traces the history and development of many holiday customs responsible for lighting up the winter season — from sparkling Christmas tree lights and candles in windows, the lighting of luminaria in the American Southwest, and the traditional ritual of the Hanukkah Menorah. The show also recounts the historical, religious, and cultural rituals practiced during the winter solstice by Christian, Jewish, Celtic, Nordic, Roman, Irish, Mexican and Hopi people.
Run Time: 35 minutes Appropriate for ages 8 and up
SEEING! A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time and Mind
Follow a photon’s creation and journey across the galaxy to a young stargazer’s eye. The viewer follows the photon into the girl’s eye, learning the structures of the eye and their functions, prior to taking a ride on the optic nerve. Narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Run Time: 27 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Skywatchers of Africa
For thousands of years, Africans have used their knowledge of the sky to build their societies, shape their spiritual lives, and meet their physical needs for survival. Skywatchers of Africa highlights the diversity of African astronomy, examines cultural. uses of the sky that developed over thousands of years, and celebrates our shared human experience.
Skywatchers of Africa is an original production by the Adler Planetarium and was adapted for fulldome by the Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center.
Run Time: 32 minutes Recommended for general audiences
Solar Quest
This show demonstrates and provides an overview of the Sun-Earth environment. Detailed, high quality animations and videos demonstrate various solar phenomena such as fusion, light energy, and solar surface features and phenomena. It discusses the impacts that space weather may have and how the Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field protects all life on Earth.
Run time: 11 minutes Recommended for ages 6+
Spirits from the Sky, Thunder on the Land
This sky show, produced in cooperation with tribal elders, provides a never-before-seen journey into the culture of the Skidi band of the Pawnee Nation. Join a Skidi elder and his grandchildren as they explore their rich cultural heritage and how they came to pattern their lives from observations they made of the Earth and celestial phenomena. This original production by Chicago’s Adler Planetarium was adapted for full-dome by the Casper Planetarium.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Stars: The Powerhouses of the Universe
Every star has a story. Some are as old as time, faint and almost forgotten. Others burn bright and end their lives in powerful explosions. New stars are created every day, born of vast clouds of gas and dust. Through every phase of their existence, stars release the energy that powers the Universe. Journey to the farthest reaches of our galaxy and experience both the awesome beauty and destructive power of stars.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 7 and up
Sun: Our Living Star, The
The Sun has shone on our world for four and a half billion years. The light that warms our skin today has been felt by every person who has ever lived. 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 the only way to keep track of time for countless past civilizations. Don’t be fooled by the terminology; although it is a typical dwarf star, the Sun consumes 600 million tons of hydrogen each second and is 500 times as massive as all the planets combined. Discover the secrets of our star in this planetarium show and experience never-before-seen images of the Sun’s violent surface in an immersive fulldome format.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for ages 6 and up
Sunset Meditation
How do astronauts cope with stress?
Meditation is a powerful tool for maintaining psychological health and resilience. A planetarium offers a dark and quiet space for relaxation and is the perfect place for meditation. In this guided meditation session, beginning at the International Space Station, enjoy a breathtaking sunset as you travel from the Grand Canyon to the North Pole. Then relax under a night sky filled with stars and views of the Northern Lights.
Run Time: 23 minutes Recommended for ages 14 and up
Sunstruck
Explore the sun in all its glory in this planetarium show. Sunstruck takes us on a journey to discover the wonders of our magnificent sun and investigate how our star has supported life on Earth for millennia. Travel back in time to experience the birth of our Sun and solar system. Discover how the Sun came to support life, how it threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy
Created and hosted by cosmically curious teenagers from urban Milwaukee schools, this unique cosmic experience will take you on a dynamic journey across the universe and through time. Explore the origins and fate of the universe, black holes and our Sun. Witness stunning full dome animations video scripted, story boarded and narrated by our inspiring young adults.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for all ages
This is Our Sky
Join Luna and her friends for an exploration of the sky, phases of the Moon, seasons, constellations, and planets. This show covers topics including: horizon, apparent motion of the sky, phases of the moon, seasons, constellations, and the solar system.
Run Time: 20 minutes Recommended for grades K - 4
Two Small Pieces of Glass
A fulldome show that follows two students as they interact with an 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 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Unveiling the Invisible Universe
For thousands of years humans observed the light coming from the night sky with their eyes. In the beginning of the 17th century, the invention of the telescope by Galileo revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe. In the 20th century with the advent of rockets, it became possible to go above the earth’s atmosphere and observe X-ray and gamma ray radiation, the marks of the hot and violent Universe. But it's not only light that can give us information about the cosmos. Neutrinos and cosmic rays also provide vital information.
Run Time: 28 minutes Recommended for ages 12 and up
Voyage to Distant Worlds
A tour of the planets in our solar system. Discover facts you never knew about our neighboring worlds. An original show produced by the Casper Planetarium.
Run Time: 38 minutes Recommended for ages 10 and up
Waiting Far Away
An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far.... and can't find home. Follow in the footsteps of a cosmic traveler as he shares a wild story. Find out what grand mysteries he has uncovered while journeying deep into intergalactic space, searching....
Run time: 12 minutes Recommended for all ages
We Are Aliens!
Are humans alone in the universe, or could we someday be sharing knowledge and experiences with other galactic cultures? This mix of science and entertainment shows how what we learn about life on Earth informs and refines the way we search for life elsewhere. Narrated by Rupert Grint.
Run Time: 25 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
We Are Stars
Join the Time Master on a 13.8 billion year journey! Explore our explosive origins in the Big Bang, and learn how cosmic chemistry connects life on Earth to the evolution of the universe. Narrated by Andy Serkis.
Run Time: 26 minutes Recommended for grades 6 - 12
Weather, The
This program teaches kids to use their senses to explore, predict, and measure the weather. Learn about basic cloud types and the weather conditions associated with them, some of the instruments used to study and measure the weather, and the basic features of the water cycle.
Run Time: 18 minutes Recommended for ages 6 and up
Weather: Wonders and Mysteries Revealed
Looking at Earth from space, a thick blue layer of air can be seen blanketing the surface below. This gaseous blanket of air known as our atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and water vapor that is always in motion. This motion, influenced by both the sun and the Earth, affects how energy is absorbed or released through changes in pressure, temperature and humidity. The rate at which energy is transferred between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth creates a wide range of phenomena, from hurricanes to gentle breezes, that we collectively call "weather."
Topics include convection cells, seasons, fog, dew, clouds, the water cycle, light scatter, cloud types, sun dogs, halos, rain, thunderstorms, lightning, rainbows, light absorption, noctilucent clouds, auroras, sunspots, solar flares, solar wind, nighttime observations, hurricanes, storm surges, tornadoes, waterspouts, the Fujita scale, hail, freezing rain, sleet, snow and the Coriolis effect.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Worlds of Curiosity
What would it be like to live on an Earth with no Moon? What if the Earth was tilted on its side, like Uranus? Join Mateo and Dr Alicia Woods as they explore how our lives would be different on these Earths, talk about other hypothetical planets that could exist, and marvel at the even stranger worlds that astronomers have discovered beyond our solar system.
Run time: 15 min Recommended for ages 6 and up
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