Every THURSDAY and FRIDAY from July 10th, 2025 to August 8th, 2025
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Bo & Bub’s Cosmic Ride
This is an animated short that follows Bo as he hops in his spaceship and zips across the cosmos to pick up his son Bub, waiting after school in another world far away. Bo travels effortlessly in his spaceship from the ocean depths into outer space. Bo & Bub’s Cosmic Ride is produced by Axon Genesis, with distribution by Loch Ness Production
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Dinosaur Prophecy
Long before the dinosaurs’ massive extinction 65 million years ago, many individual species simply disappeared. Visit dinosaur graveyards, study their bones, and reconstruct how these creatures lived and died to solve four famous cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Prophecy. Meet the feathered dinosaurs of Leoning. Could today’s ostriches and chickens be the descendants of dinosaurs?
Show times: Thursday at 11AM, Friday at 12PM, run time for both shows is 26 minutes and is suitable for all ages.
Dark Matter Mystery
This show focuses on exploring a Cosmic Secret: What does keep the universe together? What are the building blocks of the so called "glue" we have not found yet, that makes the universe look the way it looks today? This planetarium show takes you on astrophysics' biggest quest. You will see why we know that there must be dark matter at all and how this search becomes one of the most challenging and exciting searches astro particle physics has to offer. Join the scientists on their hunt for dark matter, may it be in space or deep underground. Will they be able to reveal the dark matter mystery?
Show times: Thursday at 12 PM, Friday at 1PM, run time 38 minutes for ages 7 and up!
Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope shows how telescopes work; and how astronomers have used them to scrutinize the structures within our cosmos. Telescopes have advanced considerably since Galileo’s time. Humanity now has large observatories and even a couple in outer space. This show shares the way telescope development has helped us understand our place in space.
Show times: Thursday at 1 PM, Friday at 2PM, run time 23 minutes for ages 7 and up!
Every THURSDAY and FRIDAY from July 10th, 2025 to August 8th, 2025
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To reserve your seats for a STARS to STEM show, send an email to secretary@starstostem.org
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Directions to the STARS to STEM Planetarium at East Lyme High School
The planetarium is located in the back of the high school (see green arrows). Park in the back lot (red X) proceed up the stairs and the door to enter the planetarium has the STARS to STEM logo. Enter through that door.