A Planetarium Show is a great addition to any custom trip here at Landmark Park. Students will enjoy a brand new state of the art projection system on our dome while enjoying surround sound with their class.
Maximum Capacity per show is 35 people. (This includes teachers, students, and parents.) We fill the dome with students first and then parents may pay for a show at the gift shop near the Planetarium if there is room for them to attend with students.
Pricing:
Shows under 45 minutes are $5 per student.
Shows over 45 minutes are $8 per student.
| Show | Description | Run Time | Captions | Target Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Astronomy | 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. The show is narrated by Barbara Rojas-Ayala, a Chilean astronomer. | 28 Min | Yes | 3rd – 5th, Middle School, Adults |
| Hot and Energetic Universe | The Hot and Energetic Universe presents with the use of immersive visualizations and real images the achievements of modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles of electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics. | 30 Min | Yes | Middle School, Adults |
| Journey to Mars | NASA’s Journey to Mars is a short planetarium presentation that can be used in the educational domes of your school district, as well as local planetariums, to inspire interest in STEM. | 10 Min | Yes | All Ages |
| Phantom Universe | Phantom of the Universe: a free planetarium show that showcases the exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to galaxies to the Large Hadron Collider. | 28 Min | Yes | Middle School, Adults |
| Seeing! | A photon’s journey across space, time, and the mind. Planetarium show based on a 1-hr PBS documentary “Sight: The Story of Vision” weaving a tale of the journey of humanity that discovered the science, technology and medicine that allows us to understand how sight works, cure diseases of the eye and correct vision. | 27 Min | Yes | 3rd – 5th, Middle School, Adults |
| Solar Quest | SOLAR QUEST is a planetarium short feature that demonstrates and provides an overview of the Sun – Earth environment. Detailed and high quality animations and videos demonstrate various solar phenomena such as fusion, light energy and solar surface features and phenomena. The show also discusses the impacts that space weather may have and how the Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field protects all life on Earth. Highlighted in the show is the role of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and how scientists have begun to use it as a way to help identify and predict severe space weather | 11 Min | Yes | Middle School, Adults |
| Sunstruck | A full dome planetarium show about the sun. Produced by the Michigan Science Center under a NASA grant. The show is available for order and small fee of $100 USD covers the cost of the hard drive (loaded with the show assets) and shipping. Evans & Sutherland, Audio Visual Imagineering and Digitalis have partnered to be third-party distributors and have encoded the show to be compatible with their systems. | 21 Min | Yes | Middle School, Adults |
| Two Small Pieces of Glass | Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope is a 23-min show produced by European Southern Observatory – ESO Supernova Planetarium for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available. | 23 Min | Yes | 3rd – 5th, Middle School, Adult |
| Climate Change In Our Backyard | Explore the role of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, the natural temperature variations that the Earth has experienced over millions of years, and how humans are affecting our planet today. | 20 Min | Yes * | |
| Cosmic Mashups | Supermassive black holes are found in most galaxies and we’re beginning to uncover how the merging of galaxies activate galactic centers. | 21 Min | Yes * | |
| Cosmic Origins Spectrograph | Following the path taken by light from a quasar, this film journeys across the cosmic web, touching on concepts such as spectra, formation of the elements, the electromagnetic spectrum, the distribution of gas around galaxies, and many of HST’s showcase images. | 28 Min | Yes * | |
| Forward to the Moon | 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. | 26 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 1—GRaCE | NASA satellites measure the changing levels of groundwater. | 7 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 2– Cubesats | A new wave of tiny, inexpensive satellites conducts amazing science. | 7 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 3– Mu69 | New horizons tells us about Pluto and sets its sight on a new target. | 7 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 4– Parker Solar Probe | Humans have sent a spacecraft into the Sun’s atmosphere to study the corona and solar wind. | 7 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 6 — The Dawn of Orion | The Orion spacecraft follows in Apollo’s footsteps, but with technology upgrades that will allow it to support up to six crew members for three weeks. | 5 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 7 — TESS Discovering Distant Worlds | The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – Join us as we investigate how researchers are discovering thousands of new worlds throughout our galaxy, using the faintest of signals. | 6 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA Explorations Ep 8 — SOFIA: Learning From the Invisible | By looking at the universe in infrared light, astronomers are able to see objects that are otherwise invisible. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a modified Boeing 747 designed to carry an infrared telescope high above the surface to fly above the water vapor low in the Earth’s atmosphere. |
7 Min | Yes * | |
| NASA MUSCLES | Explore how researchers are using the Hubble Space Telescope’s Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass Exoplanetary Systems (MUSCLES) Survey to study properties of red dwarf stars and how their intense x-ray and ultraviolet flares may affect the chemistry of planets’ atmospheres. |
7 Min | Yes * | |
| Worlds of Curiosity | Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of “What it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?” or “What if the Earth was tilted on its side (like Uranus)?” 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. |
15 Min | Yes * | |
| 5000 Eyes Mapping the Universe with DESI | The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe. Join us as we explore the science, instrument, and people behind this global endeavor. | 23 Min | ||
| Astronomy Photographer of the Year (2015) | Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015 is a 14-min show produced by Royal Observatory Greenwich – Peter Harrison Planetarium for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available. | 14 Min | 3rd – 5th, Middle School, Adults | |
| Astronomy Photographer of the Year | Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 is a 14-min show produced by Royal Observatory Greenwich – Peter Harrison Planetarium for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available. | 27 Min | 3rd – 5th, Middle School, Adults | |
| Audio Tour of the Solar system | Experience the solar system like never before. This unique show takes you on a voyage inside a special spacecraft that can convert light into sound. | 35 Min | ||
| Citizen Sky: Epsilon Aurigae | The stars appear changeless. But as our ancestors noticed, some stars change slightly over time. The fifth brightest star in Auriga the Charioteer is called Epsilon Aurigae. Every 27 years, it drops in brightness and mysteriously dims for nearly two years. | 6 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Cosmic Castaways | Based on research from astronomers at Youngstown State University, the program explains how stars can be ejected from galaxies by gravitational perturbation. From Ward Beecher Planetarium/CosmoQuest. | 20 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Cosmology | How did the universe begin, and how is it evolving? What might its ultimate fate be? Explore some of the big questions in this original show narrated by Michael Stevens of Vsauce. | 35 Min | 12+ | |
| Dark | DARK is a fulldome movie that explains and explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the Universe. | 20 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Dark Matter Mystery | What keeps Galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? 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. | 38 Min | 14 – Adult | |
| Distant Worlds Alien Life? | Distant Worlds — Alien Life? is a beautiful planetarium film exploring one of the most enduring questions of humankind — are we alone? | 53 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Drifting North – Into the Polar Night | Step out onto an ice floe in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, and watch and listen as scientists race the fading light to set up one of the most ambitious international climate collaborations ever, MOSAiC. | 25 Min | ||
| Drifting North – The Arctic Pulse | Follow an international team of scientists from over twenty countries who embark on an epic year-long expedition to the Central Arctic, MOSAiC. | 26 Min | ||
| Einstein’s Gravity Playlist | Einstein’s Gravity Playlist is an original planetarium show that explores the ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves… | 23 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Exoplanets | Learn about planets beyond our solar system and techniques astronomers use to find them. Winner of the Associazione dei Planetari Italiani Planetarium Video Competition. | 30 Min | 12+ | |
| Flight to the Moon: LRO and LCROSS | The Clark Planetarium and NASA have partnered to create a 9-minute mini-show about NASA’s LRO and LCROSS missions to the Moon. | 9 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Four Paths of the Sun | This short program illustrates why Earth has seasons, how the Sun’s altitude in the sky changes over the course of a year, and how the angle of the Sun causes changes in weather. | 15 Min | Grades 4-8 | |
| From Earth to the Universe | From Earth to the Universe is a 30-min show produced by European Southern Observatory for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview. | 30 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Galaxies | Once we thought that Earth was the center of the universe. Shapely and Hubble changed that perspective by showing that we are part of a vast expanse of galaxies. This program reviews some of their key discoveries and explores some of the most common types of galaxies. | 38 Min | 12+ | |
| Journey to the Center of the Milky Way | Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way is a 7-min show produced by European Southern Observatory – ESO Supernova Planetarium for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available. | 7 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Light Echoes | The majesty of Hubble imagery, choreographed to stellar Geodesium music! A 5-minute planetarium musical journey. | 5 Min | All Ages | |
| Manley Asteroids | Visualization of all known Earth-crossing asteroids since 1980 | 4 Min | ||
| Mayan Archaeoastronomy | 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. | 20 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| Moon Loop | Loop of moon phase. | 2 Min | ||
| NASA Explorations Ep 5– Rocks from the Moon | Join us as we explore the legacy of NASA’s Apollo Lunar Missions: Rocks from the moon. | 8 Min | ||
| One Sky Project | 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” and developing tools, or as we say, “To Seek Far.” | 43 Min | ||
| Out There | We are able to explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed even our wildest expectations – there are planets everywhere! | 30 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| 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. | 24 Min | ||
| Science – Art – Wonder | A short (approximately 6 minutes) music presentation. From Ward Beecher Planetarium/CosmoQuest. | 6 Min | All Ages | |
| Science Through Shadows — Episode 01 | On October 14, 2023, individuals and communities across North America will have the chance to see an annular solar eclipse. This type of eclipse is commonly referred to as a “ring of fire” eclipse and is different from a “total” solar eclipse. This video outlines the differences between the two, discusses best practices for viewing the eclipse, and prepares audience members to have an amazing experience on eclipse day! | 3 Min | ||
| Sentient | Students from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design explore the creative, perceptive, and unexplored mind. | 35 Min | Adults | |
| The Dark Matter Mystery | The Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret is a 38-min show for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available. | 38 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| The Hot and Energetic Universe | The Hot and Energetic Universe is a free fulldome planetarium show about the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics. Info & full preview available. For planetariums and digital dome theatres. | 30 Min | Middle School, Adults | |
| The Unknown Between | During the 2015 Spring semester at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, students explored the topic of hypnagogia. In less than 5 months these students collaborated on all aspects of storytelling, concept development, surround sound design, and 4k fulldome production to create an immersive experience which explores the moment between wakefulness and sleep. | 23 Min | Adults | |
| Voyage to Distant Worlds | A tour of the solar system, but one that’s designed for older audiences than many other solar system shows. Lots of information about our neighboring planets are packed into this program. | 15 Min | 12+ | |
| 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. | 11 Min | Middle School, Adults |