Planetarium Show Times and Descriptions

Each month we (usually) have Wyoming Skies constellation talks on even numbered Tuesdays, live science talks on Friday 7PM, educational films at 2PM and 7PM on Saturdays, and music shows at 8:30PM on Fridays and Saturdays. Check back here for next months shows! (We close for campus/federal holidays)

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6/10 7 pm Wyoming Skies - What’s up in the sky around Wyoming: stars, constellations, planets, meteor showers, and more. Each show we highlight a new or upcoming celestial event. After the planetarium show finishes at 8pm, we are available to host informal telescope observing on the rooftop of the Physical Sciences Building at the STAR Observatory (weather permitting).

6/13 7 pm Mars - The red planet is host to many questions, did it used to be like Earth? Did it once harbor life? Could it still support life today? And is it a future home for humans. Landers, rovers, probes, and satellites have returned data to us for decades, and we have more clues everyday.

6/13 8:30 pm Liquid Sky: Synthwave Enjoy a custom playlist of "out-of-this-world" music from top artists in 5.1 surround as the 4k resolution planetarium sky melts and becomes a canvas of color, patterns, and movement with our cutting-edge music visualization software and live VJ talent.

6/14 2 pm Cosmic Mashups: Gravity, Galaxies, and Supermassive Black Holes Supermassive black holes are found in most galaxies and we're beginning to uncover how the merging of galaxies activate galactic centers.

6/14 7 pm Big Astronomy In Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries, journey to three world-class observatories in Chile’s rugged Andes Mountains and arid Atacama Desert—remote, extreme regions that happen to have the perfect conditions for astronomical research. Along the way, you’ll meet an inspiring cast of astronomers, engineers, technicians, and support staff who keep these mega-machines running

6/14 8:30 pm Liquid Sky: Women Who Rock Enjoy a custom playlist of "out-of-this-world" music from top artists in 5.1 surround as the 4k resolution planetarium sky melts and becomes a canvas of color, patterns, and movement with our cutting-edge music visualization software and live VJ talent.

6/20 7 pm Keeping Time - In our modern world cellphones and computers are sent radio messages from atomic clocks to maintain time, but this was not always the case. Our ancestors were able to predict eclipses, the seasons, and the motion of the planets with primitive instruments and observations long before the invention of mechanical clocks, telescopes or other modern tools. Learn how the stars, planets, and Sun all served to calibrate the clocks of ancient peoples through to today.

6/20 8:30 pm Liquid Sky: Pop! Enjoy a custom playlist of "out-of-this-world" music from top artists in 5.1 surround as the 4k resolution planetarium sky melts and becomes a canvas of color, patterns, and movement with our cutting-edge music visualization software and live VJ talent.

6/21 2pm Double Feature

Back to the Moon for Good The show opens with the first era of space exploration in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We see what that era of landers and orbiters taught us about our nearest neighbor including the discovery of the Moon’s origin, composition, structure and the accessibility of raw materials on its surface.The Google Lunar XPRIZE is designed to democratize space and create new opportunities for eventual human and robotic presence on the Moon.

Always Above - People have always gazed upward at the night sky in fascination. But most people don’t realize what is up there or how much our modern way of life depends on the thousands of satellites that fly around our planet. Orbiting the Earth are satellites that allow us to communicate with each other, monitor the weather, help us get to where we’re going and keep our country safe.

6/21 7 pm One Sky: Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative – organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far." Films: "The Forge of Artemis", "Thunderbird", "Jai Singh’s Dream", "Celestial Canoe", "The Samurai and Stars", "Wayfinders".

6/21 8:30 pm Liquid Sky: Psychedelic Indie Enjoy a custom playlist of "out-of-this-world" music from top artists in 5.1 surround as the 4k resolution planetarium sky melts and becomes a canvas of color, patterns, and movement with our cutting-edge music visualization software and live VJ talent.

6/24 Closed for Private Event - no Wyoming Skies or observing

6/27 - 7/7 Closed for Mid-Summer Break

July Schedule TBA

Public Show and Tickets Information

All regular programs are approximately an hour in length. Doors open ~15 minutes ahead of the show time.

Seating is first-come first serve outside of designated ADA/wheelchair seating 

Tickets are $5 for the general public and all online sales.

Tickets $3 for UW students/staff/faculty, veterans, first responders, seniors, or children ONLY when purchased with cash in person.

Seating is free for children under 5.

Reservations or pre-purchase is not required, walk-ins are welcome.

You can purchase tickets online with credit card, reserve tickets over email or voicemail, or walk-in and purchase tickets at the start of the show.

Purchase tickets online with credit card.

You may need to disable your ad-blocker and/or enable pop-ups to complete your online ticket purchase.

Use the address associated with the billing of your card to make the reservation. Online ticket sales can occur upto the show time but be prepared to show your email receipt.

To reserve tickets or get more information contact us via email or voicemail Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM 

email: planetarium@uwyo.edu

voicemail: 307-766-6506 (Please leave a voice message and it will forward to email, we will return your call ASAP.

If you don't leave a voicemail we won't be able to return your call.

If you have a large group or are unable to attend our public shows don't hesitate to contact us for a private show.

The University of Wyoming does not tolerate racism, discrimination, harassment or hate speech towards students, staff, faculty, or other show attendees and any ticket holder found to be violating this policy will be removed from the event.

*Friday/Saturday Evening Liquid Sky music programs may occasionally contain explicit language, please use your discretion when bringing children to music shows. The holiday music playlists are family friendly. CAUTION: Music shows contain visuals that may not be safe for those with photosensitive epilepsy or other conditions triggered by light.

Observatory Nights

Next Public Observing: Ask for a telescope tour after Wyoming Skies on even-date Tuesdays 8pm

       Please contact UW Planetarium with Ticket Questions: 307-766-6506 | planetarium@uwyo.edu