Solar Superstorms

Recommended for ages 10+
Running Time: 25 minutes

A fury is building on the Sun’s surface—high-speed jets, a 60,000-mile-high fiery tsunami, and rising loops of electrified gas. Discover what drives these strange phenomena and how they might affect Earth as we journey into the heart of our star.

Brace yourself for the onslaught of the next… Solar Superstorm! Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Dark Matter Mystery

Recommended for ages 10+
Running Time: 39 minutes

What keeps galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it does today? Researchers all around the world are trying to answer these questions. 

Discover the mysterious substance called dark matter, learning why scientists know it exists and how uncovering its nature is one of science’s greatest challenges.

Earth, Moon, & Sun

Recommended for ages 7-10+
Running Time: 29 minutes

Coyote has a razor-sharp wit, but he’s a little confused about what he sees in the sky.

Join this amusing character (adapted from American Indian oral traditions) in a fast-paced and fun show that explores lunar phases, eclipses and other puzzles. Engaging and immersive, Earth, Moon & Sun also examines how humans learn through space exploration.

A Starry Tale

Recommended for ages 6+
Running Time: 35 minutes

"A Starry Tale" presents with computer graphics the legend of Astraea, the goddess of justice, who is closely tied with the constellation Libra, the scales.

See the world of mythology and human thought handed down from ancient times to the future.

Beyond the Sun: In Search of a New Earth

Recommended for ages 6-13+
Running Time: 25 minutes

While Celeste is fighting off sleep in her room by reading a book on astronomy she receives an unexpected visit from Moon. Together, they will enjoy a journey through the Universe to discover what exoplanets are and how they can be detected.

Forward! To The Moon

Recommended for ages 12+
Running Time: 30 minutes

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 and land the first woman and person of color on the surface of the Moon.

Produced by Fiske Planetarium in collaboration with TEND Studio.

Big Astronomy: People + Places + Discovery

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 25 minutes

Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries explores three observatories located in Chile, at extreme and remote places. It gives examples of the multitude of STEM careers needed to keep the great observatories working. This award-winning planetarium show teaches about the diverse teams of people it takes to make astronomy and science happen around the world.

The show is narrated by Barbara Rojas-Ayala, a Chilean astronomer.

5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe With DESI

Recommended for ages 12+
Running Time: 25 minutes

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe. Installed on the Mayall telescope on Kitt Peak in Southern Arizona, DESI's 5000 independently operated robots can measure the light from thousands of galaxies at once.

Join us as we explore the science instrument, and people behind this global endeavor.

Mars: The Ultimate Voyage

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 25 minutes

Ever wondered what it will take for astronauts to travel to the Moon, Mars and beyond? On this long journey, what challenges will astronauts face? How will they stay motivated and healthy on their spacecraft so far away from Earth? The new, Bell original planetarium show Mars: The Ultimate Voyage, explores these questions and more!

Audio Universe: A Tour of the Solar System

Recommended for ages 6+
Running Time: 35 minutes

Go to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to view the stars, then lift 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, with each object in space represented by sound as well as stunning 4K visuals, letting the audience hear the stars appear and the planets orbit around them in an immersive experience for all.

Supermassive Black Holes

Recommended for ages 12+
Running Time: 21 minutes

Leading scientists, industry experts, and science communicators are joining forces on projects that combine cutting-edge observations, simulations, and analytic tools to compare theory with observation and illuminate how black holes form within evolving galaxies.

Unveiling the Invisible Universe

Recommended for ages 14+
Running Time: 28 minutes

For thousands of years humans watched the night sky with their eyes, until Galileo’s telescope in the 17th century revolutionized our view of the Universe, and 20th-century rockets and detectors of X-rays, gamma rays, neutrinos, cosmic rays, and gravitational waves opened thrilling new ways to explore the cosmos.

Dinosaurs at Dusk

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 45 minutes

Lucy and her father navigate from continent to continent, looking for clues about the origins of flight. When time runs out they experience first-hand the cataclysmic “last day” of the dinosaurs.

Dive into topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species!

Into the Deep

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 32 minutes

The 1930 mission by William Beebe and Otis Barton marked humanity's first true exploration of the depths. Recent dives are recounted, from Robert Ballard's journey to the RMS Titanic to filmmaker James Cameron's recent solo dive into the Mariana Trench — all expanding our understanding of the deep-sea environment and the creatures that lurk beneath.

Seeing!

Recommend for ages 10+
Running Time: 27 minutes

Follow a photon’s journey into a girl’s eye, exploring the eye’s structures and their functions before traveling along the optic nerve. Stunning imagery of people, nature, and space illustrates how light becomes an electrochemical signal that forms the images we see.

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Weather

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 30 minutes

From extreme events, like tornadoes & hurricanes to beautiful optical effects, such as rainbows & the aurora borealis, discover how dynamic Earth’s weather system is.

Explore the water cycle and how it leads to thunderstorms, plus see how a gentle snowfall turns into a blizzard and more!

Habitat Earth

Recommended for ages 9+
Running Time: 24 minutes

Dive beneath the ocean's surface to witness the dynamic ecological relationships within kelp forests, burrow beneath the forest floor to see how some of Earth's tallest trees depend on tiny fungi to survive, and journey to new heights to witness the intricate intersection between human and ecological networks.

Learn how life changes our planet and discover what it means to live in today's connected world.

Dream to Fly

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 35 minutes

Discover the mystery of flight with Leonardo da Vinci, the Montgolfier brothers, the Wright brothers and other inventors in this poetic story about the history of aviation. It presents the milestones on our route to conquering the skies—both in terms of technological breakthroughs, as well as our perceptions on flying itself.

Spirits from the Sky, Thunder on the Land

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 40 minutes

This sky show, produced in cooperation with Tribal Elders, provides a never-before-seen journey into the culture of the Skidi, a band of the Pawnee Native American Nation. You will explore the rich cultural heritage of the Skidi and see 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 fulldome by the Casper Planetarium & Ralph Mueller Planetarium.

Education guide available for download.

Mexica Archaeoastronomy

Recommended ages 6+
Running Time: 25 minutes

This feature illustrates the important role played by astronomical observation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico. They used the calendrical and astronomical knowledge inherited by their predecessor cultures to found the capital of their empire: Tenochtitlan. Vibrant colors, shapes and sounds transport the viewer to one of the most important cultures in Mesoamerica.

Mayan Archeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe

Recommended for ages 6+
Running Time: 20 minutes

In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.

One Sky Project

Recommended for ages 6+
Running Time: 43 minutes

This is the fulldome feature version of the One Sky Project short films. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe.

Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative – organized around themes of "Finding Patterns"

Max Goes to the Moon

Recommended for ages 4-8+
Running Time: 35 minutes

Max the Dog and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo era, and their 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 the colony, the views of Earth make everyone realize how small and precious the planet Earth is. Adapted for the planetarium from the popular children's book.

One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure

Recommended for ages 4-7+
Running Time: 40 minutes

Join Big Bird, Elmo, and Hu Hu Zhu as they journey from Sesame Street to the Moon, discovering its wonders and picking a friendship star to celebrate their shared memories across the night sky.

Education guide available for download.

Rusty Rocket's Last Blast

Recommended for ages 6-9+
Running Time: 39 minutes

After decades of teaching the basics of rocket physics, Rusty Rocket has decided this will be his last blast, and he already has plans for how he will spend his free time. Still, there is one final mission to command: an introductory tour of the solar system for a new class of rocket rookies focusing on the wide variety of planetary environments.

Education guide available for download.

We Are Stars

Recommended for ages 8+
Running Time: 30 minutes

What are we made of? Where did it all come from?

Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry, and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon, and the molecules for life.

Narrated by Andy Serkis.

Cosmic Adventure

Recommended for ages 4+
Running Time: 20 minutes

This show takes us on a roller coaster ride from the moon through the universe, our galaxy and our Solar System.

This unforgettable high speed adventure will immerse you in some of the most amazing sites in the Universe.