Enter Stellar
Step into the Eos Foundation Planetarium Theatre for an unforgettable journey through space and science. With 146 premium seats, 4K fulldome projection, immersive Dolby 5.1 surround sound, and assistive listening technology, every show is designed to pull you into the wonders of science.
From breathtaking fulldome films and live star talks to dazzling Laser Light Music Shows, there are entertaining and educational adventures on the horizon. See our public showtimes below. For private events, peruse the show catalog.
Buy tickets online or in person. Popular shows may sell out!
Ranked a 2025 top 10 planetarium in the country!
All-Inclusive Planetarium Show Tickets
Show tickets include access to all science center exhibits and experiences
*Museums for All program: Please present EBT or WIC card upon arrival. Must be purchased in-person. Limit 4 people per cardholder. Single families only, not for businesses/organizations.
Know before you go: All transactions are credit/debit card only. Shows start promptly, and late arrivals may be denied entry. Tickets are non-refundable, so please arrive at least 10 minutes early and allow extra time for parking. Discounted rates and passes do not apply to special or sold-out events. Unaccompanied children under 16 are not allowed. For groups of 10 or more, schedule a Group Visit to receive a reduced rate (only available if scheduled in advance, online). If you’re planning to bring a large group without a reservation, please call 520-621-4516 to let us know.
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Showtimes
12:30 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Mysteries of the Unseen World
This planetarium show takes you on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather takes you to the front lines of our planet’s most intense natural forces—from melting glaciers and massive tornadoes to raging wildfires. Stunning visuals and expert insight reveal how climate change fuels these powerful, interconnected events.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: IMAX film adapted for planetarium + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
11:00 AM - We Are Stars
A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!
Audience: Younger Audiences
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
12:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
11:00 AM - Perfect Little Planet
Embark on the ultimate space vacation with a visiting alien family exploring our solar system’s top sights. Soar over Pluto, dive past Miranda’s cliffs, and stroll Mars’ surface in this fun, immersive adventure for younger audiences.
Audience: Pre-K Audiences
12:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
12:30 PM - 5000 Eyes
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe. Installed on the Mayall telescope on Kitt Peak in Southern Arizona, DESI's 5000 independently operated robots can measure the light from thousands of galaxies at once. Join us as we explore the science, instrument, and people behind this global endeavor.
Themes: astronomy, telescopes, James Webb
Style: Fulldome film followed by short talk about James Webb Space Telescope
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2:00 PM - Messengers of Time and Space
Messengers of Time and Space takes you on a thrilling journey through the dynamic universe. Discover how cutting-edge observatories like Gemini and Rubin capture real-time cosmic events—from exploding stars to mysterious cosmic rays—with stunning visuals and stories.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Mysteries of the Unseen World
This planetarium show takes you on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather takes you to the front lines of our planet’s most intense natural forces—from melting glaciers and massive tornadoes to raging wildfires. Stunning visuals and expert insight reveal how climate change fuels these powerful, interconnected events.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: IMAX film adapted for planetarium + live star talk
3:30 PM - Forward! To the Moon
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 and person of color on the surface of the Moon. Narrated by Mythbuster’s Kari Byron. With the possible launch of the Artemis: this show will be accompanied by a live talk about the mission itself and the latest updates.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
Tickets Coming Soon!
11:00 AM - We Are Stars
A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!
Audience: Younger Audiences
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
12:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
11:00 AM - Perfect Little Planet
Embark on the ultimate space vacation with a visiting alien family exploring our solar system’s top sights. Soar over Pluto, dive past Miranda’s cliffs, and stroll Mars’ surface in this fun, immersive adventure for younger audiences.
Audience: Pre-K Audiences
12:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
12:30 PM - 5000 Eyes
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe. Installed on the Mayall telescope on Kitt Peak in Southern Arizona, DESI's 5000 independently operated robots can measure the light from thousands of galaxies at once. Join us as we explore the science, instrument, and people behind this global endeavor.
Themes: astronomy, telescopes, James Webb
Style: Fulldome film followed by short talk about James Webb Space Telescope
Buy Show + Exhibit Tickets
2:00 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Mysteries of the Unseen World
This planetarium show takes you on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather takes you to the front lines of our planet’s most intense natural forces—from melting glaciers and massive tornadoes to raging wildfires. Stunning visuals and expert insight reveal how climate change fuels these powerful, interconnected events.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: IMAX film adapted for planetarium + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
11:00 AM - We Are Stars
A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!
Audience: Younger Audiences
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
12:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
Valentine's Day At Flandrau
Love is Universal!
7:30 PM - Love at First Light
Learn about the James Webb Space Telescopes latest discoveries, explore the ancient stories and science behind romantic constellations, and find out what made prominent U of A researchers fall in love with the universe, all under a cozy, dark planetarium sky.
Tickets non-refundable
9:00 PM - Valentine's Day Laser Tape
Send your love into orbit with our Valentine’s Day Laser Mix Tape at Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium. We've curated a unique full-dome laser light experience featuring hits from The Beatles, Billie Eilish, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Prince, Lady Gaga, Queen, Journey, Taylor Swift, and more. Your ticket includes entry to this vibrant laser show, access to all of Flandrau’s science exhibits illuminated with romantic ambiance, special Valentine themed activities, and telescope viewing (weather permitting), making it a perfect evening of music, science, and stargazing for couples, friends, and families alike.
Tickets non-refundable
11:00 AM - Perfect Little Planet
Embark on the ultimate space vacation with a visiting alien family exploring our solar system’s top sights. Soar over Pluto, dive past Miranda’s cliffs, and stroll Mars’ surface in this fun, immersive adventure for younger audiences.
Audience: Pre-K Audiences
12:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: Messengers of Time and Space
Messengers of Time and Space takes you on a thrilling journey through the dynamic universe. Discover how cutting-edge observatories like Gemini and Rubin capture real-time cosmic events—from exploding stars to mysterious cosmic rays—with stunning visuals and stories.
This show will be followed by a JWST video talk highlighting Dr. Marcia J. Reike's work. Considered one of the "founding mothers" of infrared astronomy, her research into galaxies has led to the development of large-format, low-noise infrared detector arrays used to survey our sky efficiently.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: Mysteries of the Unseen World
Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals the hidden wonders all around us—too fast, too slow, or too small for the naked eye. Stunning visuals and cutting-edge science uncover a mind-blowing world you’ve never seen before.
This show will be followed by a spectrum video talk highlighting the work of Dr. Carlos Vargas. As the Principal Investigator of the Aspera SmallSat Mission, he helped develop a far-ultraviolet imaging spectrograph that maps the warm-hot gas emissions in nearby galaxies.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: IMAX film adapted for planetarium + live star talk
3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: The Sun, Our Star
Discover the secrets of our Sun—our closest star and the engine of life on Earth. With stunning fulldome visuals and powerful storytelling, this immersive show reveals the Sun’s turbulent surface and timeless influence on our world.
This show will be followed by a Sun talk, which will highlight Dr. Kris Klein's research on the plasma phenomena that occur within our heliosphere.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
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3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
This show will be followed by a black hole talk highlighting Kate Alexander's work in Astrophysics & Gravity.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: Big Astronomy
This combo ticket includes show ticket for the planetarium show above as well as admission to Science Center Exhibits. In Big Astronomy, discover Chile's grand observatories and meet the people who push the limits of technology, a diverse collaboration of scientists, to expand what we know about the Universe using world-class telescopes.
This show will be followed by a telescope talk highlighting Dr. Daewook Kim's work in optical sciences and astronomy.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film about observatory research
3:30 PM - Galaxy Slam: Out There
For centuries, humans have believed that we were the center of the universe. We now know that our Earth is nothing more than a speck in an ocean of stars and planets just like ours. Take a journey through these neighboring systems as scientists strive to answer the question: Is there life out there, or are we alone?
This show will be followed by an exoplanet talk highlighting the work of Dr. Tyler Robinson, who is known for his research on Solar System worlds, exoplanets, and brown dwarfs.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
Check back for more showtimes!
Featured Events
Laser Bad Bunny - January 31st
Before you see his Super Bowl Halftime Show, check out this laser light music presentation the Saturday before the big game! Tickets include evening science exhibit access.
Valentine's Day Event
This date-night-ready event features stargazing, science exhibits with special ambiance, and a live star talk, “Love at First Light”, exploring the U of A’s connection to the James Webb Space Telescope and spotlighting Galaxy Slam scientists. Or, stay later for a laser-light music mix of love songs. Bear Down and make a night of it.