Planetarium Nights

Recently, major space agencies around the world have sent uncrewed missions to asteroids. The most daring ones are collecting samples and bringing them back to Earth. These expeditions hold a host of surprises for researchers and shake up our understanding of these celestial bodies.

At first glance, it appears unlikely that asteroids can be a threat to us. However, while some circle the sun like planets, others cross paths with Earth’s orbit. What seemed like science fiction, has now become reality: to avoid a cataclysmic collision, we are currently learning how to deflect asteroids from their celestial path!

Alone in Greenland, electronic music producer Molécule captures the sounds of Arctic to compose his next piece. Inspired by this adventure, -22.7°C. The full Dome Experience allows the spectators to live the experience of Molecule’s music creation.

The amazing landscape of the Far North becomes a living organism, and surrounding the audience makes the experience more direct and realistic. Sounds punch a hole through the veneer of reality and take us to an unprecedented degree, deep beneath the ice and up into the firmament, to feel the caress of the Northern Lights.

Deep beneath the Earth’s crust, hundreds of metres or kilometres below the surface, with no light, no air, and very little water, in pores and fissures of hard rock, scientists have found an enormous biodiversity of micro-organisms that thrive in extreme conditions. Dark Biosphere challenges everything we thought we knew and challenges us to rethink not only the origin and evolution of life on Earth but its possible existence throughout the Universe.

Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turned 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a Planetarium, through the music set to visuals. With the help of modern technology, the idea of a show combining breath-taking views of the solar system and beyond, played out to 42 minutes of The Dark Side of the Moon in surround sound, has been embraced by the band. NSC Creative have led the visual production efforts, working closely with Pink Floyd’s long time creative collaborator Aubrey Powell from Hipgnosis. 

Each song has a different theme; some futuristically looking forward and some a retro acknowledgment to Pink Floyd’s visual history, all relating to a time and space experience, embracing up to the minute technology that only a Planetarium can offer. A truly immersive and all-encompassing surround sound and visual treat that will transcend reality and take you way beyond the realms of 2D experience.