The Natrona County School District has closed the Casper Planetarium to the public as well as to school classes through April 12 as a caution to help prevent the spread of the corona virus. Please take care, stay safe, and plan to come see a show after this health issue…
Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? NASA is now accepting applications for future astronauts — the first time in more than four years that they have done so. The application window opened on Monday, March 2, and will remain open until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 31. With…
You are made of 70 trillion living cells. They work. They talk. They think. They are what make you alive. This is the story of the trillions of cells that form our bodies, from our beginnings as a single cell to the complexity of a whole body: it’s the story…
What are we made of? Where did it all come from? From the Big Bang to life on Earth today, explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry, and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the…
In the not-too-distant future, human beings will make our first trip to Mars. This remarkable full-dome show imagines what that will be like. While you’ll pick up plenty of information about Mars and space travel, this show plays like a movie. It features live actors working on specially constructed sets…
The Casper Planetarium’s gift shop is loaded with great stocking stuffers: tops and slinkies, super balls and mini-light sabers, goos and slimes and putties, kaleidoscopes, magnetic stackers, squish balls, splat aliens … a universe of choices! Or think outside the stocking with science kits that let kids build their own…
The Casper Planetarium does more than show programs created by others. We create original programs in-house which are shown in planetariums all over the world, and much of that work is done by student interns under the direction of Planetarium Supervisor Michele Wistisen and Planetarium Technician Rod Kennedy. For the…
We have lots of cool putties in our gift shop … magnetic putty, color-changing putty, clear glass putty, UV-reactive putty, glow-in-the-dark putty, shimmery metallic putty, and more. Sculpt it, splat it, twist it, roll it … but please, don’t do what the guy in this video did!
The planet Mercury will pass directly between the Earth and the Sun on the morning of November 11. Such an occurrence is called a transit, and it means that Mercury will be visible (through telescopes — the planet is far too small to see with the naked eye) against the…
Did you know you can attend an event at the prestigious Adler Planetarium in Chicago without leaving Casper? For the past 3 years, the Casper Planetarium has been part of the Kavli Fulldome Lecture Series — talks by world-class scientists that are simulcast from the Adler into domes around the…