Southworth Planetarium

CELESTIAL MYTHOLOGY COURSE Learn the stories of the stars in our star dome theatre, Learn the ancient stories of the stars in our star dome theater. Three Tuesday evenings 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. May 7, 14, and 21 Eagled-eyed Helius … Read More

Astronomy: 3000 Years of Stargazing Astronomy is often called the “oldest science.” This program follows the progression of astronomy to its infancy with Stonehenge, Thales and Ptolemy to the modern day developments of the Hubble Space Telescope. A perfect blend … Read More

Habitat Earth Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. In the California Academy of Sciences’ latest original planetarium show, Habitat Earth, discover what it … Read More

Natural Selection Join Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the World with the HMS Beagle, to the Galapagos islands where he got inspired for his later theory of transmutation by Natural Selection. In Victorian times many physical phenomena … Read More

Touching the Edge of the Universe “Touching the Edge of the Universe”, made on the occasion of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, tells an exciting story similar to a motion picture with live actors and stunning visual effects. The … Read More

One World, One Sky One World, One Sky is a 27-minute fulldome planetarium show that follows Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, … Read More

Moons: Worlds of Mystery When you consider the solar system, you often think of the Sun and its planets. But what about moons? What role do they play? Find out in Moons: Worlds of Mystery, a show from the Charles … Read More

Exoplanets: Discovering New Worlds This exciting new show describes how astronomers search for planets circling other stars. It explains the two main methods they use: studying the minute “wobbles” of stars and detecting flickers in a star’s brightness. Only a … Read More

MarsQuest In the first section, “Homage,” we trace Mars through history — from an “incantation” of the various War God forms given by different cultures, to the early observations of Schiaparelli and Lowell, and the infamous “canals” which led to science-fiction stories … Read More