Space Sciences

Theater Show
Opening June 13

Earthlight World: An Astronaut’s Journey

See Earth the way only a handful of humans ever have. Earthlight World takes you into orbit alongside astronaut-artist Dr. Sian Proctor for an immersive journey where science, art, and wonder collide.
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Saturday, June 13 | 12:00 – 4:15 pm

Earthlight World Premiere Day

Experience the world premiere of our new Planetarium film Earthlight Work: An Astronaut’s Journey, along with a book fair of ideas and imagination, meet-and-greets and opportunities to hear from Sian Proctor, Cady Coleman, Frank White, and other voices...
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Space News Deep Dive: Big Dreams and Big Booms

It’s not every week NASA drops a whole raft of detailed Moon base plans right into humanity’s collective lap. But all those big Moonbase dreams got slightly derailed not three days after they were shared by the epic explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn...
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Taking the Low Road: Artemis III and Earth Orbit

NASA announced that the next flight for Project Artemis, Artemis III, was changing up its mission profile from an attempted 2028 Moon landing to a 2027 test of the Orion crew capsule and one of the in-development lunar landers in Earth orbit. But “Earth...
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Curiosity and the No-Good, Very-Awkward Week

Space is many things. Inspiring. Awesome. Humbling. But it’s rarely funny. We humans have sent our robotic explorers around the universe, and once humans are involved in some fashion the possibility of merriment is there. And recently our oldest still...
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Making an Earth (Part 2): A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

If you read last week’s blog post then you already know what this week’s is about... we’re moving on from taking a look at some the ways we lucked out with our planet to some of the ways our planet lucked out with its surroundings, so we’ll all be able to...
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Monday, May 4 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Beyond the Telescope: How Stars Shape Galaxies

Join astrophysicists Dr. Scott Lucchini and Dr. Alyssa Goodman on an expedition through the lives of stars and how they shape their galaxies, featuring real data from the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and the immersive data visualization...
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Making an Earth (Part 1): Home Sweet Home

We’ve got a pretty sweet setup here on Earth, you ever notice that? A pleasant planet with a wide variety of environments hosting an enormous variety of ecosystems. It sure is a nice place to hang out. But how did it get that way? A news story from this...
Theater Show
Sunday, April 26 | 6:00 pm

The Wild Robot & Massachusetts Space Week Closing Ceremonies

Join The Space Consortium and the Center for Space Sciences for the closing ceremonies of Massachusetts Space Week 2026, followed by a screening of The Wild Robot.
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Astro History: The Great Debate

On April 26th, 1920, two of the biggest heavy hitters in astronomical science of the day, Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, met in Washington, DC for what is today known simply as The Great Debate. ​In honor of the anniversary of this event, let’s meet...
Theater Show
Tuesday, April 21 | Panel at 6:00 pm, film screening at 6:45 pm

Massachusetts Space Week: Astronaut Panel and Apollo 13 Screening

Failure was not an option—celebrate Massachusetts Space Week with a special panel followed by Apollo 13 on the IMAX® Dome screen.
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Tuesday, April 21 | Panel at 6:00 pm, film screening at 6:45 pm

Massachusetts Space Week: Astronaut Panel and Apollo 13 Screening

Failure was not an option—celebrate Massachusetts Space Week with a special panel followed by Apollo 13 on the IMAX® Dome screen.
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Planetary Profile: Strange Saturn

Yay, it’s time for the next entry in my weird solar system series and next up we have a big one: the ringed planet Saturn! Saturn has a wide array of features that are bizarre, so I’m going to have to pick and choose which ones to focus on.
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Reflections: Looking Back on Artemis II

The Artemis II mission is officially done, and I kind of can’t believe it. What would a major historical milestone be without nerds like me picking it apart to point out their favorite moments? Join me as I relieve my top moments from the incredible...
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Go for Ignition: Imagining NASA’s Ambitious Future

Boy it must feel good to be NASA right now. There’s “Ignition”, that major list of new initiatives that are, theoretically, going to completely change the game in terms of what NASA is working on and what space exploration in general is going to be. In...