Calendar of Events

From Earth To The Universe
2025-08-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
This stunning, 30-minute voyage through time and space conveys, through an arresting combination of sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. Read more about the movie here. The show was produced for the ESO Supernova Planetarium and Visitor Centre, to be opened in spring 2018, and for the worldwide planetarium community as free highres 4k download. The digital distribution was made possible through a partnership with CDN77.

Larry Cat In Space
2025-08-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-28 11:00 - 12:00
Larry Cat In Space is a playful, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the Moon. Through Larry’s eyes, we observe his human family, a group of enthusiastic sky-watchers.

The Dark Matter Mystery
2025-08-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-25 13:00 - 14:00
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.

Moles: What Is Out There?
2025-08-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-25 11:00 - 12:00
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

Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
2025-08-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-21 13:00 - 14:00
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

Natural Selection
2025-08-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-18 13:00 - 14:00
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
