The miSci Planetarium is now fully upgraded with brand new 4k digital projection and all-new surround sound audio! Get ready to see the cosmos like never before.
miSci’s Suits-Bueche Planetarium features a thirty-foot dome, a high-definition digital projector and a GOTO Chronos Star Machine, one of only a handful in the US, that displays 8,500 stars and 24 constellations as seen from any location on Earth. Three planetarium shows are presented Saturday and Sunday by a live operator.
We’re working through some technical difficulties with our planetarium equipment this week- specific show titles may change. Please see the front desk for the latest each day!
Daytime show tickets are $5 with admission and can be purchased at the front desk, or on the website. Tickets purchased on the website provide museum admission in addition to the planetarium show.
Tickets are free of charge to Space Pass members.
Field Trips and Groups visiting miSci can view planetarium shows as a part of their visit to the Museum. To learn about visiting miSci as a group, please visit the Field Trip or Group Visit pages.
Cosmic Wonders
Experience the night sky with our knowledgeable planetarium operators as they take you on a tour of the sky directed towards your group or class.
Length: 30 – 40 minutes
Best for grades: Pre-K – 12
Cosmic Colors
Discover why the sky is blue, why Mars is red, and the reason why many things are the color that they are. Tour the interior of a plant leaf, voyage through a human eye, then step into the invisible universe as you investigate x-rays by taking on a monstrous black hole.
Length: 30 – 40 minutes
Best for grades: 1 – 12
Seeing: A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time, and Mind
Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before traveling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This full dome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain.
Length: 30 – 40 minutes
Best for grades: 3 – 12
Phantom of the Universe
Phantom of the Universe is an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The show will reveal the first hints of its existence. It describes the astral choreography in the Andromeda galaxy and then plummets deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth.
Length: 30 – 40 minutes
Best for grades: 5 – 12
The Hot and Energetic Universe
Immersive visualizations trace the the achievements of the modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to High Energy Astrophysics.
Length: 30 – 40 minutes
Best for grades: 5 – 12