Purchase a discounted ticket and see two full-dome films in a row!
Planet Nine
In July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first close look at Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet in the outskirts of our Solar System. The New Horizons flyby was big news, and the pictures it continues to send back to Earth reveal a world far more complex than anyone realized. Using nothing but their wits (and high-powered telescopes and a thorough understanding of orbital mechanics), these intrepid explorers are making new discoveries about how our Solar System formed—and what it may be hiding. Recommended for middle school age and up. 30 minutes.
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Two Small Pieces of Glass: the Amazing Telescope
Two Small Pieces of Glass traces the history of the telescope from Galileo’s modifications to a child’s spyglass—using two small pieces of glass—to the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy. It explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers throughout the last 400 years. InterstellarStudios. Recommended for middle school ages and up. 23 minutes.
ervolcano erupt in our time? Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. Recommended for 4th grade and up. 24 minutes.
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