Events

Zoom away from planet Earth and take a guided tour through the Solar System! In this show we stop by each of the planets and learn why they are unique. Hold on, this is one fun ride!

Recommended for general audiences.
Themes: Planets, space exploration
Style: Live presentation

Our annual family favorite “Season of Light” will fill you with seasonal sparkle! A holiday classic, now in fulldome format, this showexplores the many festivals of light (including Christmas and Hanukah) that celebrate the spirit of renewal around the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Full of popular holiday music, you’ll learn the origins of today’s Christmas songs and customs. And you’ll discover how the dark days of winter have inspired luminous festival traditions in other times and cultures, and how all of those traditions connect back to astronomy. Noah Adams from National Public Radio narrates the show.

Recommended for general audiences.
​​​​​​​Themes: Holidays, stars, traditions
Style: Fulldome film followed by live presentation

A fun, gorgeously animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins, this dazzling film reveals how hydrogen and carbon, the very building blocks of life, formed in the universe and then brings it all back to us – we are made of stars!

Recommended for younger audiences.
Themes: Stars, element formation
Style: Fulldome animated film followed by star talk

Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earth's Horizon? What was Einstein's connection to them? Black Holes takes you on a fully immersive journey thought one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole.

Recommended for general audiences.
Themes: Black holes, astrophysics, stars, supernovae
Style: Fulldome film followed by live star talk

The Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium inspires visitors of all ages with the wonders of science. Located on the University of Arizona campus, Flandrau offers hands-on science exhibits about science topics from earth to space, and more. 

Give the gift of science education with a Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium membership! We now have two membership levels available to purchase for friends or family, each one including perks for free science exhibit entry and reduced prices to all our regular planetarium and laser light shows for an entire year.

Give the gift of science education with a Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium membership! We now have two membership levels available to purchase for friends or family, each one including perks for free science exhibit entry and reduced prices to all our regular planetarium and laser light shows for an entire year.