![]() | Aurora: Lights of Wonder
Discover the beauty and diversity of Earth's most wonderful natural phenomena: the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) and Southern Lights (Aurora Australis). Original footage from the International Space Station and lifelike visualizations
bring us closer to the legends and scientific background of this phenomenon. 29 MIN
GRADE 5 AND UP
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![]() | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
There's a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to an end. It's at this point, inside this fantastic riddle, that black holes exert their sway over the cosmos. Zip through otherworldly wormholes,
experience the creation of the Milky Way Galaxy, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. 23 MIN
GRADE 5 AND UP
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![]() | Capcom Go! - The Apollo Story
Celebrate the Apollo program鈥檚 50th anniversary with this immersive, historical documentary that showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the Moon. It introduces a new generation
to the immense challenges they overcame and will inspire them to become the explorers, designers, engineers, thinkers and dreamers of the future. 25 MIN
GRADE 3 AND UP
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![]() | Earth, Moon & Sun
How do the Earth, Moon and Sun work together as a system, and what is the myth and science behind it? Why does the Sun rise and set? Why do we see different constellations during different seasons? What is an eclipse? Learn about the Moon's
phases and orbit. Explore past and future space travel to our moon and beyond. 30 MIN
GRADE 1 AND UP
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![]() | From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA
In From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA, experience the excitement of today鈥檚 space missions as you journey from NASA鈥檚 test facilities all the way to Pluto. Immerse yourself in the adventure and extremes of spacecraft engineering鈥攆rom
the design of missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and New Horizons, to the rigors of testing, launch, and space operations. When humans dare to dream, we create truly amazing things. 30 MIN
GRADE 3 AND UP PLANETARIUM AND EXHIBIT HALL SHOW
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![]() | From Earth to the Universe
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and inspiration for as long as there have been people on Earth. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast
cosmos. To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today鈥檚 grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe. 30 MIN
GRADE 4 AND UP
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![]() | Mysteries of the Unseen World
See things that are beyond your normal vision yet right in front of your eyes. Experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception, see the beauty, drama, and even humor of phenomena of that occur in the flash of a microsecond
and enter the microscopic world that was once reserved only for scientists. High-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology allow us to see a whole new universe of things, events, creatures, and processes
we never even knew existed. 37 MIN
GRADE 2 AND UP EXHIBIT HALL SHOW
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![]() | Perfect Little Planet
Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes - a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda, sail through the rings of Saturn, feel the lightning
storms at Jupiter, and walk on the surface of Mars. This is the solar system journey for space travelers of all ages. 37 MIN
GRADE 1 AND UP
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![]() | Phantom of the Universe
Phantom of the Universe showcases an exciting exploration of dark matter. The show reveals the first hints of dark matter鈥檚 existence then plummets deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth. From there,
it journeys across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, speeding alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound.
25 MIN
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![]() | Saturn: Jewel of the Heavens
From its bizarre moons with mysterious features to the millions of icy particles that compose the enigmatic rings, this is a three-dimensional tour of the Saturnian system that includes information about our solar system as well.
36 MIN
GRADE 4 AND UP
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![]() | Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope
While looking through the astronomer's telescope, the planetarium audience explores the Galilean Moons, Saturn's rings, and the spiral structure of galaxies, learning about the discoveries of Galileo, Huygens, Newton, Hubble and many others.
This program traces the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass - using two small pieces of glass - to the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy. 25 MIN
GRADE 3 AND UP
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![]() | We are Stars
We Are Stars seeks to answer some of the biggest questions of all time. What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry, our explosive origin, and connect life on Earth to the Big Bang and
evolution of the Universe. A family-friendly film full of fun, adventure, and enlightenment. 24 MIN
GRADE 2 AND UP PLANETARIUM AND EXHIBIT HALL SHOW
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![]() | Wildest Weather in the Solar System
Join us on a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful, powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system. From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb to a 400-year-old hurricane to a dust tempest that could
engulf entire planets, you'll be glad you live on Earth! 22 MIN
GRADE 4 AND UP PLANETARIUM AND EXHIBIT HALL SHOW
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六合皇料
Tim A. Hire, County Superintendent of Schools
P.O. Box 5091
Visalia, CA 93278-5091
(559) 733-6300