Supermassive Black Hole
2025-08-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Maine
Super Massive Black Hole
Leading scientists, industrial experts, and professionals in science dissemination come together to combine state-of-the-art observations, simulations and innovative tools to compare theory with observation, and shed light on the physics of black hole formation in the context of galaxy evolution.

Dinosaurs at Dusk
2025-08-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Maine
Dinosaurs at Dusk
A whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! A larger than life extravaganza rife with roaring monsters from the ancient age: bounding, stomping, flying, hunting, and foraging frenetically above us.

The Sun Our Living Star
2025-08-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Maine
The Sun Our Living Star
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

Big Astronomy
2025-08-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Maine
Journey to three world-class observatories in Chile’s rugged Andes Mountains and arid Atacama Desert— remote, extreme regions that happen to have the perfect conditions for astronomical research. Along the way, you’ll meet an inspiring cast of astronomers, engineers, technicians, and support staff who keep these mega-machines running.

Rusty Rocket's Last Blast!
2025-08-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Maine
Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast
Join Rusty Rocket and his band of rocket rookies as they explore the solar system. Fly across Saturn’s rings, soar along a Martian canyon; delve deep into the solar interior!

Wayfinders
2025-08-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Maine
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Wayfinders
Wayfinders puts you on the deck of the voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa as you explore traditional Polynesian navigation. Learn how to read the stars and interpret the winds and waves to navigate without modern instruments. The film tells the story of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the recovery of the nearly lost art and science of traditional navigation in Hawaii.

The Great Planet Adventures
2025-08-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Maine
Great Planet Adventures
With muscles and bones made on Earth, you’ll be a super star on the solar system’s low-gravity worlds. Imagine zip lining on the scorched Mercury or snowmobiling when it really snows on Pluto. Without gravity’s strong pull, you can jet-pack in a geyser’s spray on Triton, or even drive a monster truck on the moon.

Natural Selection
2025-08-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Natural Selection
We join Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos Islands where he was inspired to develop his theory of transmutation by natural selection. From the comfort of Down House, Darwin himself will explain the mechanism of natural selection to the audience, and support it by showing examples in nature.t

The Great Planet Adventures
2025-08-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Off-World Thrills on Every Planet
With muscles and bones made on Earth, you’ll be a super star on the solar system’s low-gravity worlds. Imagine zip lining on the scorched Mercury or snowmobiling when it really snows on Pluto. Bungee jumping into outer space from an asteroid is like low-g diving from the tallest cliff or rappelling into deepest canyon in the solar system. Without gravity’s strong pull, you can glide over the hydrocarbon lakes of Titan, jet-pack in a geyser’s spray on Triton, or even drive a monster truck along a steep lunar crater wall. The Great Planet Adventures brings you each of these incredible off-world adventures.

Mysteries of Your Brain
2025-08-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Maine
Mysteries of Your Brain
A curious girl and her crow companion take an adventure into the brain, exploring how it works and what makes it special. Zoom along neurons to see how your brain makes you you and how we each have the power to change our brains. A Bell Museum Production. Made possible through support from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation and Boston Scientific

Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
2025-08-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
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

Moles: What Is Out There?
2025-08-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Young children will be introduced to the fascinating world of astronomy in a fun, simple and humorous way, hand in hand with Plato, a young and very cute mole

The Dark Matter Mystery
2025-08-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
The Dark Matter Mystery
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.
