Melbourne Planetarium fact sheets

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From the Big Bang to Black Holes, find out more about the science behind the Melbourne Planetarium. 

An artist's drawing a black hole

Black holes

Answers to common questions about black holes.
Illustration of the night sky

First Peoples of Australia Astronomy

Learn about the star stories and constellations of Australia's First People.
A artful impression that squeezes the planets together with their approximate relative sizes (above), and an indication of their orbits although not to true scale (below).

Planets of the Solar System

Get to know the planets that make up our Solar System
The historic 19th century Great Melbourne Telescope in its original location.

How do telescopes work?

Telescopes collect and magnify the light from distant objects.
An overall shape with patches of blue, read and pink colour

Big Bang

The Big Bang theory explains how the Universe was born.

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