Parking Lot Update

The UNC-owned Morehead parking lot is under construction. Weekday visitors must pay using ParkMobile (Zone Code 4468) or the Pay Station near our iguana. For more info, go to our Plan A Visit page.

Apollo Remastered | April 26 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Experience imaging specialist Andy Saunders’ remastered Apollo mission photographs. Tickets on sale now

360° Video Premiere: Earth, Moon and Sun

Have you ever wanted to watch a 360° video of a planetarium show? Now you can! Explore the relationship between Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions. Read more about the show here.

360° Video Premiere: Solar System Odyssey

Join us on a futuristic adventure with Jack Larson as we explore what could happen if humans consume all the resources of Earth. Jack will embark on a quest to discover a new home for humans to colonize, piloting his spacecraft on a wild ride through our Solar System. Read more about the show here.

360° Video Premiere: Take Flight

Join uniquely-animated brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright for a full-throttle adventure through the history and into the future of aeronautics! You'll take a look at the science, pilots and inventors that allowed humans to take to the skies, and learn about the four forces of flight — lift, weight, thrust and drag. Read more about Read more...

360° Video Premiere: Tales of the American South

This immersive planetarium show highlights some of the unique stories about the American South, and explores the South's complicated past, the present, and its hopeful future. *Please note that this show may not be suitable for children under 12 years of age.

360° Video Premiere: Jeepers Creepers Short

Trapped in a giant semi-transparent dome, you watch as a single fly buzzes aimlessly above and finally comes to a rest on top. As the lights hauntingly flicker, a cockroach scurries over to the fly and you suddenly realize that you’re not alone – the entire dome is filling up with hundreds of creeping, crawling, Read more...

360° Video Premiere: One Giant Leap Short

This 360 short is a part of a co-production with the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Using archival recordings of the momentous moments of the Moon landing, One Giant Leap is an immersive view that explores what this event meant to the generation that experienced and discusses what might be the world’s next Read more...