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We offer the largest choice of 360° planetarium shows in Australia. Each movie is hand-picked to engage, amaze & inspire.

Our movies are the perfect accompaniment for our full presenter-led planetarium presentations.

Aboriginal Stories In The Stars
Mars 1001

Mars 1001

A crew of astronauts is about to embark on the first interplanetary journey in history, Experience the thrill of the grandest mission of exploration ever undertaken!...

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The Great Solar System Adventure

The Great Solar System Adventure

Join our showman extraordinaire on a death-defying journey to the planets. Explore the wonders and perils of our Solar System in this breathtaking immersive adventure...

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Moonbase One
Tilt - The Movie

TILT

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Moonbase One

The Moon has always captivated humanity, inspiring us to leave the world behind and venture into space.   Come along on an amazing adventure as we strive to understand our magnificent neighbour, The Moon...

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Tilt

Join Annie and Max for a whirlwind adventure on Earth and in Space to find out how the seasons work. It’s a crazy day when snow starts falling and it’s the middle of summer! But sometimes...

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Tycho Goes To Mars

Tycho, our favourite cheeky dog with a knack for getting into trouble, is finally blasting off to discover the red planet, Mars!...

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Aboriginal Stories In The Stars

Explore Indigenous Australian astronomy in this fascinating planetarium show.

Find out how indigenous cultures describe constellations that are fundamental to their daily lives, ceremonies...

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We Are Astronomers

We Are Astronomers

Do you know what an astronomer does? Today’s astronomer is not the lone observer of past centuries.

Blast off with the James Webb Space Telescope as Astronomers reveal the global...

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We Are Stars
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We Are Stars

"Roll up Roll up!

Come inside and experience the universe like never before. Let us take you on a journey through time and space"

What are we made of?

Where did it come from?...

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Astronaut George

Join Astronaut George and blast off into space to find out what an astronaut needs when travelling through outer space. Follow him around our solar system and discover how different the planets are and why there is no place quite like Planet Earth...

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Cosmix
Sizing Up Space
Astronaut - The Movie

COSMIX - How Astronauts do their job.

Learn how to sleep in space, how to cook cosmic food, and discover the answer to the most intriguing question of all.....

Just how do Astronauts go to the toilet in space?...

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Sizing Up Space

How big is the distance between the Earth and the Sun - or between the Sun and the other planets? Be amazed by the ever-increasing distances to the nearest stars...

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Astronaut - The Movie

The exploration of space is the greatest endeavour that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to become an astronaut?...

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We Are Guardians.
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We Are Aliens

We Are Guardians

We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and examines the links between human activities and climate change...

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Forward To The Moon

Kari Byron from MythBusters launches us on a journey beyond the Earth towards a sustainable future in space. ...

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We Are Aliens

As a species, we have always looked to the sky and asked 'Are we alone'?

How do we know which planets could harbour life? Join scientists in the hunt for real aliens...

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CAPCOM GO - The Apollo Story
ISS Tour with Tim Peake

Minecraft: Worlds Of Curiosity

 

Be curious!

'What would it be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?'

'What if Earth was tilted on its side (like Uranus)?'...

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CAPCOM GO - The Apollo Story.

50 years ago the first human walked on the Moon… CAPCOM GO! celebrates the achievements of the Apollo program. Discover the story behind this historic moment...

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ISS 360° Tour

Visit the International Space Station with British Astronaut Tim Peake. Enjoy breathtaking views of planet Earth from Space...

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Einstein's Gravity Playlist

Einstein's Gravity Playlist

 

Tish Bresee, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador had this to say: "Outstanding! I think Physics students of all ages should see this in the dome planetarium."

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Night of Falling Stars
Capturing The Cosmos

Capturing The Cosmos

Imagine being able to see more than astronomers have ever been able to see before. What would it be like to peer back in cosmic time?...

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Satelix

Satelix

Artificial satellites are with us all day, every day. When we wake up, go to school, go to work, go on holiday; and even when we spend time at home ...

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Beyond The Crux

BEYOND THE CRUX

Night Of The Falling Stars

Shooting stars, they emit light and fade away in an instant. What are they?

Come take a magical journey through time and space to discover the secret of meteor showers...

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Beyond The Crux

 

Observing over one hundred thousand galaxies was a massive task. Here it is, the entire southern sky, mapped out. So, how big is it out there?...

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Phantom Of The Universe

Phantom Of The Universe

 

Speed alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound.

Journey across space and time in the hunt for Dark Matter...

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NASA's Journey To Mars

NASA's Journey To Mars

 

NASA began our exploration of Mars more than four decades ago when our robotic explorers were the first to study the Red Planet. Today, our orbiters and rovers have changed the way we look at Mars...

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Nasa Exploration

NASA Explorations

A series of short movies that feature NASA’s diverse projects and the people who make them happen.

Movies include an interview of someone involved in the project to provide a role model and career example for ...

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The Sun - Our Living Star

The Sun - Our Living Star

 

Discover the secrets of our local star and experience never-before-seen images of the Sun’s violent surface in immersive fulldome format...

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Solar System Birth

The Birth Of The Solar System

 

Join physicist David Kaplan on Quanta Magazine's tour showing how the sun, the Earth and the other planets came to be...

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The Amazing Telescope

The Amazing Telescope

 

While attending a local star party, two teenagers learn how the telescope has helped us understand our place in space and how telescopes continue to expand our understanding of the Universe...

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Tour Of The Universe

Tour Of The Universe

Explore the immense scale of the known Universe in this short movie that leaves Earth far behind.​

 

Travelling even faster than light, we are taken out...

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Solar Quest

Solar Quest

 

Take your students on an unforgettable 10-min
field trip to our nearest star, the Sun. Soar over the Sun's broiling surface, fly under arching prominences and cruise through gigantic solar flares...

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From Earth to the Universe

From Earth to the Universe

 

A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanity’s oldest shared intellectual experience. This 360° film takes you from Earth to the colourful birthplaces and burial grounds of stars and further out...

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Sunstruck
Out There

Sunstruck

 

Discover the wonders of our sun.

Our nearest star's incredible energy has supported life on earth for millennia but is now threatening our technology and way of life...

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Dark - Understanding Dark Matter

Out There

 

With the world’s most powerful telescopes we explore more and more of the Universe and what we're discovering is surpassing the wildest expectations of scientists and science fiction writers...

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Shining Light On The Stars

Dark - Understanding Dark Matter

 

The search for Dark Matter is the most pressing astrophysical problem of our time – the solution to which will help us understand why the Universe is as it is, where it came from, and how it has evolved over billions of years...

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Big Astronomy

Big Astronomy

It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents, and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few...

 

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Journey To The Centre Of The Milky Way
Cosmic Origin Spectrograph
Light

International Year Of Light

The International Year of Light was a global UN initiative to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges...

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Losing The Dark

Losing The Dark

Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is erasing our view of the Universe. Such pollution not only threatens astronomy but also disrupts wildlife and even affects human health...

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Seeing

Seeing!

Stunning 360° visuals of landscapes, skyscapes, wildlife, humanity, and space are used to tell the story of light, sight, and vision...

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Back To The Moon For Good

Back To The Moon For Good

In case you haven’t heard, the Moon is trending again... and in a big way. Unlike the glory days of the 1960s and 1970s, our big white space neighbour is enjoying the attention of a new generation of lunar explorers...

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Cosmology

Cosmology

The study of our universe is as old as time, yet our understanding of the origins and nature of the universe...

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Waiting Far Away

Waiting Far Away

Sometimes visuals can be used in an inventive way to mix imagination with real data and thereby tell a story. This visual feast has been re-mixed in-house to the music of David Bowie...

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Galaxies

Galaxies

A 15 minute introduction to the vast collection of Stars that we call Galaxies...

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Monsters Of The Cosmos

Monsters Of The Cosmos

Neil deGrass Tyson, Morgan Freeman and a choir of scientists sing to you about the science and freakiness of black holes. 

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Distant Worlds, Alien Life

Distant Worlds, Alien Life

Are we alone?

For millennia our ancestors watched the stars, yet Earth is the only planet we know for sure to be inhabited...

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Exoplanets
Whale Super Highway

Whale Super Highway

A visually stunning, extraordinary immersive experience, exploring the mysteries of the Humpback whale, following their migration from the top of Western Australia to...

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Beautiful Baby Tilapia
Earth's Wild Ride

The Planets 360

100 years in the making...

Experience British composer Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' orchestral suite like never before...

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Beautiful Baby Tilapia

This witty & poignant short film is about a little beautiful baby Tilapia swimming in a big river in search of her missing parents and siblings.

 

Perfect for Science Week...

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Earth's Wild Ride

Imagine Earth were a distant place you once called home but could never visit again? 

Set on the surface of the Moon in the year 2081. A grandfather and his grandchildren gaze out into space...

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Cosmonaute 360°
Space Shapes

Cosmonaute 360°

A space traveller is sailing to his home planet, but after suffering an accident with an asteroid that hits his ship, he is forced to make a forced landing on an unknown planet...

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Space Shapes

What's the difference between a sphere and a disc? A ball and a pancake?

Lift-off in a rocket and visit the Planets to find out...

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Exoplanets

Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars other than our own.

Learn about planets beyond our solar system and the complex techniques astronomers use to find them...

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