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Living Worlds

Living Worlds

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Earth is a planet shaped by life. From the forests that help stabilize our climate, to the winds carrying life-sustaining water and oxygen to far-flung parts of the globe, the fingerprints of life are visible even from many light years away. Journey through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our […]

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]

Ozzy Osbourne: SATOllites

Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute to the Prince of Darkness

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Iconic and unforgettable - from Mama I'm Coming Home to Crazy Train to No More Tears and so many more, this master of metal gave us incredible music that will live on.  He was no Ordinary Man and often made his critics Paranoid in numerous ways.Starting in Black Sabbath and culminating in a  stunning solo career - he sold more than 100 million albums and was inducted […]

Living Worlds

Living Worlds

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Earth is a planet shaped by life. From the forests that help stabilize our climate, to the winds carrying life-sustaining water and oxygen to far-flung parts of the globe, the fingerprints of life are visible even from many light years away. Journey through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our […]

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]

Ozzy Osbourne: SATOllites

Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute to the Prince of Darkness

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Iconic and unforgettable - from Mama I'm Coming Home to Crazy Train to No More Tears and so many more, this master of metal gave us incredible music that will live on.  He was no Ordinary Man and often made his critics Paranoid in numerous ways.Starting in Black Sabbath and culminating in a  stunning solo career - he sold more than 100 million albums and was inducted […]

Living Worlds

Living Worlds

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Earth is a planet shaped by life. From the forests that help stabilize our climate, to the winds carrying life-sustaining water and oxygen to far-flung parts of the globe, the fingerprints of life are visible even from many light years away. Journey through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our […]

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]

Ozzy Osbourne: SATOllites

Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute to the Prince of Darkness

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Iconic and unforgettable - from Mama I'm Coming Home to Crazy Train to No More Tears and so many more, this master of metal gave us incredible music that will live on.  He was no Ordinary Man and often made his critics Paranoid in numerous ways.Starting in Black Sabbath and culminating in a  stunning solo career - he sold more than 100 million albums and was inducted […]

Living Worlds

Living Worlds

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Earth is a planet shaped by life. From the forests that help stabilize our climate, to the winds carrying life-sustaining water and oxygen to far-flung parts of the globe, the fingerprints of life are visible even from many light years away. Journey through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our […]

VAST: A Cosmic Journey through Space and Time

VAST: A Cosmic Journey through Space and Time

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Space is unimaginably vast and incredibly beautiful. Thanks to our curiosity and quest for knowledge, we humans have been driven to explore space and learn more about the universe. There is still incredibly much left to explore. Join us on the journey, starting on Earth, venturing out in our solar system, and journeying all the […]

Moonbase: The Next Step

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the moment mankind first set foot on the Moon in 1969 we have dreamed of making a base there. In the next 10 years humans will return to the Moon with the Artemis missions and develop a sustained, strategic presence near the lunar South Pole. The Moon will become our first ‘staging post’ from […]

One Sky

One Sky

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

One Sky is a collection of sky cultures around the world. It recognizes that all people around the globe share strong connections to the stars for navigation, time keeping, agriculture and storytelling.  As active exploration of our universe continues today, we honor the cultures who first looked up and dreamed about our place in the […]

Chemistry of Life: The Invisible Inside

Chemistry of Life: The Invisible Inside

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that matter the most. Join us on a journey into a seemingly invisible world – the world of molecules and nanoparticles. What does the cell structure of a leaf look like? What might the neural network in our brain be like and how do cells communicate with each other? Modern scientific […]

Worlds Beyond Earth

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions.  Audiences will […]

Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years in a Heartbeat

Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years in a Heartbeat

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a Planetarium, through the music set to visuals? With the help of modern technology, the idea of a show combining breath-taking views of the […]

From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Join NASA’s engineers as they design, test, and launch today’s hottest missions into space. Witness the enormity of the new James Webb Space Telescope, the intensity of Goddard Space Flight Center’s testing facilities, and the excitement of the New Horizons mission to Pluto. From blueprint to blastoff, experience how robotic space flight is pushing the […]

The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Vast. Wild. Magical. The Arctic is not just one of the planet’s greatest natural spectacles, it’s a place with global ecological importance that has supported Indigenous communities and diverse ecosystems for generations. Follow the elusive Porcupine caribou herd as it migrates to the Arctic Coastal Plain, one of the longest animal migrations on Earth. Meet […]

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]

Ozzy Osbourne: SATOllites

Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute to the Prince of Darkness

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Iconic and unforgettable - from Mama I'm Coming Home to Crazy Train to No More Tears and so many more, this master of metal gave us incredible music that will live on.  He was no Ordinary Man and often made his critics Paranoid in numerous ways.Starting in Black Sabbath and culminating in a  stunning solo career - he sold more than 100 million albums and was inducted […]

Phantom of the Universe

Phantom of the Universe

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures!  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday!  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour! Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash"!  We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing […]

Phantom of the Universe

Phantom of the Universe

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures!  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday!  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour! Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash"!  We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing […]

Forward to the Moon

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Forward to the Moon engages audiences in NASA efforts to send both humans and robots to the Moon and Mars. NASA's 21st century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon Goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman on the surface of the Moon. Jessica […]

Phantom of the Universe

Phantom of the Universe

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures!  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday!  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour! Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash"!  We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing […]

Phantom of the Universe

Phantom of the Universe

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures!  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday!  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour! Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash"!  We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing […]

Phantom of the Universe

Phantom of the Universe

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono, ME, United States

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]

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