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Shows: Astronomy
2-IN-1 PERFORMANCE
The best of both worlds: an astronomer-led night sky curriculum linked show followed by a 360˚ film. Available with all performances…
Length: 30-45mins
A Way to Infinity
What exactly is ‘infinity’? Is anything truly infinite? Is the Universe infinite? Either way, how do we…
Length: 14mins
Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity
A journey of discovery from the Pantheon to the Library of Alexandria to the streets of Leptis…
Length: 21mins
Art – Science – Wonder
Lift off the planet in your imagination and head straight for the Pillars of…
Length: 6mins
Astronaut
The exploration of space is the greatest endeavour that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to be part of this incredible journey? What…
Length: 23mins
Astronomy – 3000 Years of Stargazing
A tour of the major astronomical milestones of the last 3,000 years – from the cosmological models of antiquity, to the Ptolemaic system of…
Length: 32mins
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013
Imagine sitting comfortably in a dark planetarium. You look up at the 360˚ screen and the room…
Length: 12mins
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014
The Royal Observatory Greenwich proudly presents selected images of the Astronomy Photographer of…
Length: 12mins
BIG
One of the most asked questions about the Universe is “How big is it?” and that’s one of the hardest to…
Length: 23mins
Chronicle of a Journey to Earth
Travel to a unique planet — to call your home! Imagine that you are a traveller from the depths of interstellar…
Length: 20mins
Clockwork Skies
Explore the motions of the stars, Sun, Moon and planets across the sky. Are they moving, or are we…
Length: 5mins
Coral Rekindling Venus
During the transit of Venus in the 18th century, countries at war paused hostilities and co-operated in allowing scientists safe passage to…
Length: 20 & 45mins
Cosmic Castaways
Occasionally stars find themselves on their own, flung deep into the dark voids between the galaxies…
Length: 18mins
Dark
A 360˚ film that explains and explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the…
Length: 20mins
Dawn of the Space Age
A spellbinding account of humanity’s first attempts to leave planet Earth: from the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the…
Length: 30 & 41mins
Distant Worlds – Alien Life?
The night sky is effectively a view of infinity; could alien life exist out there somewhere? This film…
Length: 51mins
Dynamic Earth
Stunning 360° film exploring the inner workings of global climate, using rich visualisations based on…
Length: 24mins
Extrasolar Planets
We live on a small planet revolving around a star similar in size, luminosity and location in the galaxy as countless others….
Length: 30mins
From Earth to the Universe
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as…
Length: 30mins
Galaxies
A brief introduction to the immense collections of stars called galaxies. Learn how clues about the nature of galaxies (‘milky objects’)…
Length: 14mins
Great Planet Adventures
With muscles and bones built for Earth, you’d be a superstar on the Solar System’s low-gravity worlds. Imagine bungee jumping into Space from an…
Length: 11 & 17 & 22mins
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy in…
Length: 27mins
Journey to a Billion Suns
The immense distances between objects in space were not understood for ages and our Milky Way was a profound mystery…
Length: 30 & 45mins
Journey To Infinity
Take a breathtaking journey from the UK to the edge of the Solar System and beyond…
Length: 10mins
Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way
Embark on a journey to the centre of the Milky Way and during seven minutes travel faster than light, from…
Length: 7mins
Light Echoes
Cosmic art created by dying stars: 12 echoes of light from dramatic explosions in deep space…
Length: 5mins
Liszt From Space
When the Universe feels unwitnessed, it might just play with some of the tones…
Length: 14mins
Little ABC
A set of three short 7-min immersive films addressing Light, Clouds and Meteorites. Aimed at children 3-7 years old…
Length: 3 x 7mins
Live Astronomer Show: Early Years / Reception
Simple, ability appropriate presenter-led tour of the night sky, beginning with sunset…
Length: 15mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS1 (Seasonal changes)
Introduction to the current night sky, touching on the topic Seasonal changes (Year 1) of the 2014 Science…
Length: 25mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS2 (Earth & Space and Light)
Introduction to the current night sky, Topics covered: Day/Night, Seasons, Moon Phases, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Solar System Structure and…
Length: 45mins
Live Astronomer Show: KS4 (gcse)
Key Stage 4 GCSE syllabus linked astronomer show, delivered by a teaching…
Length: 90mins
Live Astronomer Show: SEN/PMLD (All Ages)
Our award winning live astronomer show, suitable for all special and complex needs. SEN, SLD, PMLD…
Length: 15mins
Losing The Dark
Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is erasing our view of the Universe. Such pollution…
Length: 6mins
Mars – The Answers Are On Their Way
What happened to Mars? Where did the water go? Was there once life on this red world? Could there still be life somewhere…
Length: 23mins
Mayan Prophecies
Visit the classic Mayan cities to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and…
Length: 26mins
New Horizons for a Little Planet
A light-hearted introduction to the New Horizons mission which flew past Pluto in 2015…
Length: 5mins
Pop Culture Astronomy (KS2 – KS5)
Live, curriculum-linked show based on the astronomy of Harry Potter, Dr Who, Star Trek, Marvel Comics, etc…
Length: 10-15mins
S.E.T.I – Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The prospect that we may not be alone in the Universe is taken as a fact in films, by writers and a great many scientists…
Length: 25mins
Shining Light on the Stars – the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
One of the most powerful tools in astrophysics is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, describing the…
Length: 16mins
Sizing Up Space
How big is the distance between the Earth and the Sun – or between the Sun and the other planets?…
Length: 13mins
Space Shapes
What’s the difference between a sphere and a disc? A ball and a pancake? Lift off in a rocket and find out!…
Length: 9mins
Sunshine
Sunshine is a lovable cartoon Sun – and he doesn’t care if children get loud or excited: in fact…
Length: 14mins
Sunstruck
Discover the wonders of our Sun. Our local star’s incredible energy has supported life…
Length: 20mins
Supernovas Company
A cosmic tragicomedy for older children and adults. The script is written in verse, featuring astrophysicist Kurioseo Kuirosei…
Length: 20mins
The Birth of the Solar System
How did our solar system originate? What chain of events led to its creation? Just as detectives look for traces of evidence to solve a…
Length: 22mins
The Dark Matter Mystery
What holds galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? Why does the…
Length: 38mins
The Hot and Energetic Universe
High-energy astrophysics plays a key role in understanding the Universe and it’s hot and violent nature. The hot gas…
Length: 29mins
The Incredible Sun
Every second the Sun emits a million times more energy than the world consumes in a year. How does the Sun make such vast amounts of…
Length: 11mins
The Planets
Presented in the style of a game show, The Planets tests people’s knowledge of the planets in our Solar System. The audience find…
Length: 35mins
The Scientific Alphabet
7-minute soundbites of scientific information communicated with stunning 360˚ visuals…
Length: 3 x 7mins
Touching the Edge of the Universe
Experience a new view of the Cosmos with live actors and stunning graphics, filmed at various ESA…
Length: 45mins
Two Small Pieces of Glass
A film about two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party…
Length: 24mins
Voyager – Interstellar Mission
The mission objective of the Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM) is to extend the NASA exploration of the solar system beyond the neighborhood of the…
Length: 5mins
We Are Aliens
Join scientists in the hunt for real aliens. How do we know which planets could harbour life? What are the requirements for…
Length: 25mins
We Are Astronomers
Do you know what an astronomer does? Today’s astronomer is not the lone observer of past centuries….
Length: 25mins
We Are Stars
An exhilarating journey through time and space in search of our origins. Where did the atoms and molecules that make up our bodies…
Length: 26mins