Versant Power Astronomy Center and Maynard Jordan Planetarium

Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Would you like to meet the spectacular stars of Halloween? Monsters, zombies, and ghosts -- and their far more terrible counterparts in space? […]

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 […]

Kick off Halloween week by attending an in-person reading of an adaptation of Stephen King's high-flying horror tale, The Langoliers, under the stars inside the Maynard Jordan Planetarium at UMaine! All are welcome. The performance starts at 6 pm (run time approx. 2 hours, 20 minutes). The script will be projected for the deaf and […]

Listen...can you hear that? It’s the sound of the Earth!  Take a sound safari to explore the health of our planet. Travel the globe to investigate the spectacular soundscapes of […]

From the oxygen we breathe to the uranium that warms our planet’s core, we owe everything to the stars. SPARK: The Universe in Us is about our deep connection not […]

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 […]

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 […]