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Shows: Astronomy
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2-IN-1 PERFORMANCE
The best of both worlds: an astronomer-led night sky curriculum linked show followed by a 360˚ film. Available with all performances…
Length: 30-45mins
A Tale of Scale
A Tale of Scale is a delightful short feature in the format of a poem. This show is about the size comparison of Planets and Stars. This show achieves a…
Length: 5mins
Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity
A journey of discovery from the Pantheon to the Library of Alexandria to the streets of Leptis…
Length: 21mins
An Incredible Introduction to the Solar System
We present a lovely experience of our Solar System specially created for young audiences. It is perfectly timed to engage children and give…
Length: 8mins
Apollo and Beyond
Share the adventure of the 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon, then visit a future lunar colony and discover life in low gravity.
Length: 23mins
Arabian Stars/Islamic Astronomy
Ramadhan Moon Our highly acclaimed and popular ‘Islamic Astronomy’ show, presented by one of the UK’s most experienced astronomers and islamic astronomy educators Zee Dinally, who was featured on Salaam
Arcs to Auroras
Discover how Earth’s invisible magnetic shield protects us from the solar wind, and how it paints the sky with auroras.
Length: 23mins
Are We Really Alone?
New telescopes and new physics take on two huge questions: are UFOs real, and is there life beyond Earth?
Length: 22mins
Art – Science – Wonder
Lift off the planet in your imagination and head straight for the Pillars of…
Length: 6mins
Astralis
Astralis is about the life cycle of Stars. From the birth of Star in a stellar nursery to its journey towards a black hole or supernova, we’ve…
Length: 14mins
Astronomy – 3000 Years of Stargazing
A tour of the major astronomical milestones of the last 3,000 years – from the cosmological models of antiquity, to the Ptolemaic system of…
Length: 32mins
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014
The Royal Observatory Greenwich proudly presents selected images of the Astronomy Photographer of…
Length: 12mins
Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System
Ride a spacecraft that turns light into sound and tour the Sun, Moon and planets. Built to be enjoyed whatever your level of sight, so ideal for SEN and visually impaired groups.
Length: 35mins
Bizarre Moons
Our Moon is the most prominent & special companion in Earth’s night sky. It was year 1610, when Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei discovered…
Length: 17mins
Chronicle of a Journey to Earth
Travel to a unique planet — to call your home! Imagine that you are a traveller from the depths of interstellar…
Length: 20mins
Clockwork Skies
Explore the motions of the stars, Sun, Moon and planets across the sky. Are they moving, or are we…
Length: 5mins
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Discover spectroscopy, the science of light, and learn how scientists study the Universe by…
Length: 28mins
Dark
A 360˚ film that explains and explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the…
Length: 20mins
Dawn of the Space Age
A spellbinding account of humanity’s first attempts to leave planet Earth: from the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the…
Length: 30 & 41mins
Distant Worlds – Alien Life?
The night sky is effectively a view of infinity; could alien life exist out there somewhere? This film…
Length: 51mins
Dynamic Earth
Stunning 360° film exploring the inner workings of global climate, using rich visualisations based on…
Length: 24mins
Earth’s Wild Ride
Imagine that the Earth was a distant place that you once called home but could never visit again. What would you remember most about the…
Length: 20mins
Eclipse: The Path of Totality
Relive the eclipse of April 8th, 2024, in the heart of the Coahila desert, at Cuatro Cienegas.
Length: 25 minutes
Europe to the Stars
Europe to the Stars takes the viewer on an epic journey behind the scenes at the most productive ground-based observatory in the world…
Length: 31mins
Extrasolar Planets
We live on a small planet revolving around a star similar in size, luminosity and location in the galaxy as countless others….
Length: 30mins
Fantasy Worlds
Could there be life on planets around other stars? Explore new worlds and imagine what living things there might be like.
Length: 21mins
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…
Length: 26mins
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…
Length: 30mins
Future Moon
Celebrate the Apollo astronauts who first walked on the Moon, and meet the children of today who could be the next to go.
Length: 22mins
Galaxies
A brief introduction to the immense collections of stars called galaxies. Learn how clues about the nature of galaxies (‘milky objects’)…
Length: 14mins
Great Planet Adventures
With muscles and bones built for Earth, you’d be a superstar on the Solar System’s low-gravity worlds. Imagine bungee jumping into Space from an…
Length: 11 & 17 & 22mins
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy in…
Length: 27mins
Ice Worlds
Tour the icy landscapes of our Solar System and discover why ice is both friend and foe to life on Earth.
Length: 28mins
Impact Earth
Meteors, asteroids and comets: what they are, where they come from and the danger they pose to life on Earth.
Length: 24mins
Indian Vedic astronomy
A presenter-led show looking at the night sky from Indian Vedic culture. Witness the skies above India and learn about the Gods that move across the skies through the 12
It’s About Time
Ride a space elevator and use a time telescope to watch the Big Bang and the life and death of stars.
Length: 21mins
Journey to a Billion Suns
The immense distances between objects in space were not understood for ages and our Milky Way was a profound mystery…
Length: 30 & 45mins
Journey To Infinity
Take a breathtaking journey from the UK to the edge of the Solar System and beyond…
Length: 10mins
Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way
Embark on a journey to the centre of the Milky Way and during seven minutes travel faster than light, from…
Length: 7mins
Light Echoes
Cosmic art created by dying stars: 12 echoes of light from dramatic explosions in deep space…
Length: 5mins
Little ABC
A set of three short 7-min immersive films addressing Light, Clouds and Meteorites. Aimed at children 3-7 years old…
Length: 3 x 7mins
Live Astronomer Show: Early Years / Reception
Simple, ability appropriate presenter-led tour of the night sky, beginning with sunset…
Length: Flexible, 15–20mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS1 (Seasonal changes)
Introduction to the current night sky, touching on the topic Seasonal changes (Year 1) of the 2014 Science…
Length: Flexible, 15–30mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS2 (Earth & Space and Light)
Introduction to the current night sky, Topics covered: Day/Night, Seasons, Moon Phases, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Solar System Structure and…
Length: Flexible, 30–45mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS4 (gcse)
Key Stage 4 GCSE syllabus linked astronomer show, delivered by a teaching…
Length: Flexible, 45–90mins
Live Astronomer Show: SEN/PMLD (All Ages)
Our award winning live astronomer show, suitable for all special and complex needs. SEN, SLD, PMLD…
Length: Flexible, 10–25mins
Losing The Dark
Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is erasing our view of the Universe. Such pollution…
Length: 6mins
Magnetism
MAGNETISM demonstrates how the Earth’s magnetic field protects our planet from energetic particles from the Sun and galaxy, and how the magnetic…
Length: 23mins
Map to the Chocolate Planet
Two alien kids in some other Galaxy got the taste of Chocolate. In search of some imaginary planet made of chocolate, they traveled the…
Length: 24mins
Mars – The Answers Are On Their Way
What happened to Mars? Where did the water go? Was there once life on this red world? Could there still be life somewhere…
Length: 23mins
Mayan Prophecies
Visit the classic Mayan cities to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and…
Length: 26mins
Messengers of time and space
Explore cosmic collisions and explosions, witness visitors to the Solar System, and measure ripples in the fabric of space. Welcome to the world of time domain astronomy – where events in space unfold in front of your eyes.
Length: 30 minutes
MUSICA – Why is the Universe Beautiful?
Superbly visual 360° film presenting the idea that art, music, mathematics and physics are fundamentally related…
Length: 26mins
New Horizons for a Little Planet
A light-hearted introduction to the New Horizons mission which flew past Pluto in 2015…
Length: 5mins
Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
Out There — The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds tells the story of how human curiosity has driven us to look outwards for millennia, to…
Length: 31mins
Phantom of the Universe
Presenting a new full-dome planetarium show: Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter, with narration by Academy Award winner…
Length: 28mins
PLANETS – a Journey through the Solar System
Discover the fascinating landscapes of our Solar System. Glide over the landforms of Mars…
Length: 30mins
Pop Culture Astronomy (KS2 – KS5)
Live, curriculum-linked show based on the astronomy of Harry Potter, Dr Who, Star Trek, Marvel Comics, etc…
Length: Flexible, 15–30mins
Saturn: The Ring World
Join the Cassini–Huygens mission to explore Saturn, its spectacular rings and its fascinating moons.
Length: 22mins
Seeing! A photon’s journey across space, time and mind
Seeing! A photon’s journey across space, time and mind Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before…
Length: 28mins
Shining Light on the Stars – the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
One of the most powerful tools in astrophysics is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, describing the…
Length: 16mins
Sizing Up Space
How big is the distance between the Earth and the Sun – or between the Sun and the other planets?…
Length: 13mins
Solar Quest
A thrilling 10-min field trip to our nearest star the Sun…
Length: 10mins
Space Shapes
What’s the difference between a sphere and a disc? A ball and a pancake? Lift off in a rocket and find out!…
Length: 9mins
Sphere
Explore the intimate and complex relationship between natural elements and living beings.
Length: 30/40 minutes
Star of Bethlehem
Travel back 2,000 years. Who were the Magi, and was their star a planet, a meteor, a comet or a rare triple conjunction?
Length: 21mins
Stars of the Pharaohs
Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar, and align huge buildings.
Length: 30-36mins
Sunstruck
Discover the wonders of our Sun. Our local star’s incredible energy has supported life…
Length: 20mins
Supernovas Company
A cosmic tragicomedy for older children and adults. The script is written in verse, featuring astrophysicist Kurioseo Kuirosei…
Length: 20mins
The Birth of the Solar System
How did our solar system originate? What chain of events led to its creation? Just as detectives look for traces of evidence to solve a…
Length: 22mins
The Christmas Story
This fulldome show is about the traditional picture book of the Christmas Story, offering a wonderful experience for children and adults in…
Length: 27mins
The Hot and Energetic Universe
High-energy astrophysics plays a key role in understanding the Universe and it’s hot and violent nature. The hot gas…
Length: 29mins
The Incredible Sun
Every second the Sun emits a million times more energy than the world consumes in a year. How does the Sun make such vast amounts of…
Length: 11mins
The Scientific Alphabet
7-minute soundbites of scientific information communicated with stunning 360˚ visuals…
Length: 3 x 7mins
The Search for Life in the Universe
Tour the cosmos in search of life, from the first hunt for alien signals in 1960 to today’s search for living worlds.
Length: 22mins
The Sun, Our Living Star
Discover the secrets of our nearest star, the powerhouse behind Earth’s weather and life, with rarely seen footage of the Sun’s violent surface.
Length: 25mins
Totality!
Two eclipses cross the US in 2023 and 2024 – an annular on October 14, 2023 and a total eclipse on April 8, 2024! Everyone in the continental US will
Touching the Edge of the Universe
Experience a new view of the Cosmos with live actors and stunning graphics, filmed at various ESA…
Length: 45mins
Two Small Pieces of Glass
A film about two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party…
Length: 24mins
Unseen Earth
See Earth as never before through the eyes of satellites, and discover how they help us observe, understand and respond to a changing climate.
Length: 28mins
Unveiling the Invisible Universe
For thousands of years the humans observed the light coming from the night sky with their eyes. In the beginning of the 17th century, the…
Length: 29mins
Voyager – Interstellar Mission
The mission objective of the Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM) is to extend the NASA exploration of the solar system beyond the neighborhood of the…
Length: 5mins
We Are Aliens
Join scientists in the hunt for real aliens. How do we know which planets could harbour life? What are the requirements for…
Length: 25mins
We Choose Space
For everyone who dreams of space: where human spaceflight goes next, and the real adventures ahead.
Length: 24mins
Worlds of Curiosity
What if Earth had no Moon, or was tipped on its side like Uranus? Explore how life would change, and the strange worlds astronomers have really found.
Length: 15mins
X-Planets
Over 5,000 planets have been found around other stars. Discover how astronomers find them, and the hunt for another Earth.
Length: 23mins