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Solar Quest

(10 min) Short 10 min show about the lifecycle of the sun.   Buehl Planetarium

Lunaverse

Explore the nature of Earth’s Moon: its motion and phases, lunar and solar eclipses, tides, and the Moon’s origin. The story unfolds as a conversation between a curious young child and the Moon—Luna—over the course of a night, from moonrise to moonset.

Investigating Space: Water on the Moon

 Scientists are always curious to find water in the furthest reaches of the Earth and the Moon. Today’s program will span the freezing waters underneath Antarctica to the ice on the Moon.  

Waiting Far Away

(10 min) An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far…and can’t find home. Become lost on a journey through the majestic, humbling, and solitary beauty of space and time reimagined.  Charles Hayden Planetarium

Big Astronomy 2021

(26 min) Big Astronomy explores three observatories located in Chile, at extreme and remote places. It gives examples of the multitude of STEM careers needed to keep the great observatories working. The show is narrated by Barbara Rojas-Ayala, a Chilean astronomer. California Academy of Sciences