Kutztown University Planetarium

Narrated by Star Wars’ Mark Hamill, Stars: The Powerhouses of the Universe takes you on a journey through the lives of the stars, from their birth in vast clouds of gas and dust to their spectacular deaths as supernovae. Discover how stars produce their enormous energy, how astronomers uncover their secrets, and how stars create many of the elements that make up the world around us. Colorful animated stories travel through different cultures and eras to explore how people have understood and interpreted the stars throughout human history. Combining science, history, and immersive fulldome imagery, Stars tells the remarkable story of the powerhouses of our Universe.

Our Violent Planet explores the powerful forces constantly reshaping the world beneath our feet. Journey across Earth’s fractured crust to discover how enormous tectonic plates collide, pull apart, slide past one another, and plunge beneath the surface. Through dramatic fulldome visualizations, experience some of the great earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis of recent history and discover the geological processes that produce them. Our Violent Planet reveals the tremendous energy hidden within our dynamic world, and explores how understanding these natural hazards can help us prepare for them.

Hello Earth explores one of humanity’s most enduring desires: the need to connect with others. Journey through the history of communication, from ancient cave paintings and the invention of writing to the printing press, telephone, and Internet. Discover how new technologies have helped us overcome barriers of language, distance, and time, transforming both our civilization and ourselves. Then journey beyond Earth with Voyager, carrying a message from humanity into the cosmos. Could someone out there be trying to communicate with us, too?