May Program

• Where’s the Water (50 min)

  

  Explore our solar system in the search for the most precious resource – water!

  The Earth stands alone as the only planet in the solar system covered with vast oceans of water, but water can be found in many places other than Earth if you know where to look.

  Launch off planet Earth for a tour of our solar system in search of water. Visit the giant ice mountains on Pluto, sail through jets of salty water erupting from Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus and plunge into dark shadowy craters on scorching hot Mercury. This hunt for water will take you across the solar system to explore unexpected places.

• Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (42 min)

  Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, is now in its 5th decade, 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 band has embraced the idea of a show that combines breathtaking views of the solar system and beyond, played out to 42 minutes of The Dark Side Of The Moon in surround sound. 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 acknowledgement 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.

June Program

Please Note: This Friday 21 June, a special Winter Solstice event will replace Plano Nights to bring you not two but THREE amazing shows and much more! Details coming soon!

• The Dark Matter Mystery (38 min) & WITST

  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.

  This planetarium show takes you on the biggest quest of contemporary astrophysics. You will see why we know that Dark Matter exists, and how this search is one of the most challenging and exciting searches science has to offer. Join the scientists on their hunt for Dark Matter with experiments in space and deep underground. Will they be able to solve the Dark Matter Mystery?

  Plus What’s in the Sky Tonight (WITST), a presenter-led tour through the night sky.

• Space Tour (50 min)

  Space Tour takes us on a journey to the most beautiful places in the universe. Accompanied by rock and pop hits we visit black holes, exoplanets and even wormholes. We marvel at auroras and supernova explosions and their colourful remnants.

  Space Tour is a special show that combines entertainment and education. While you sit back and relax and listen to timeless hits you fly deeper and deeper into the universe and along the way you learn interesting facts about the travel destinations of our “Space Tour”.

Accessibility

We can assist with any access requirements you may have for this program, please contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your Museum visit.