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Humankind is returning to the Moon, but we won’t stop there. The international Artemis program is designed to enable exploration much farther afield. Care to float around on the Martian moons? How about a voyage to the icy cliffs of Callisto or the thundering volcanoes of Enceladus? Come see the exotic landscapes of other worlds and the gadgets that will get us there. Journalist, lecturer and space artist Michael Carroll has written about 35 books on subjects ranging from planets and space exploration to ancient archeology. He has written for dozens of magazines worldwide. Carroll is a Fellow and founding member of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts.

A seasonal talk series for every equinox and solstice.We'll explore the stars, planets, constellations, and deep-sky using our Megastar projector, which produces a stunning night sky with 10 million stars. You'll be ready to go outside, look up and enjoy our amazing Colorado Skies. Bring your questions!

What’s so special about the other two gas giant planets Uranus and Neptune? What makes them blue? Why is Uranus tipped on its side? They both have a bunch of moons - and rings too!

Discover how the University of Colorado is developing hardware on small satellites and rocket missions, and how we use these missions to train the students who will lead NASA’s future missions like HWO and beyond.

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Interstellar, a popular trope in science fiction is the depiction of spaceships and space stations that use rotation to generate artificial gravity for its inhabitants. Is this technology really possible? What would it take to design such a habitat? Explore fictitious forces, a subtle concept in physics with surprising relevance to daily life on earth.

Learn about some of the cutting-edge simulations that revealed new insight into Pluto and Charon's initial collisions, as well as how that impact may have big implications for the system's geological evolution, including how we get to the surfaces that were imaged by New Horizons in 2015.

Immerse yourself in the cosmos and delve into the new revelations from the James Webb Space Telescope!

This show will dazzle you with the beauty of the cosmos!

Join us for an introduction to the night sky, the observable planets, the stars, and constellations. Then we'll lift off of the Earth to take a tour of the universe!