Exoplanets

Life in the Universe 2D or 3D

Discover what aliens might look like and fly to distant worlds - including a planet created by you!

Where: Planetarium

Partially accessible

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Planetarium show

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Join us in the search for extra-terrestrial life!

Duration 30min, presenter-led

Land on Mars and see how robotic probes are searching for signs of simple life in the red planet’s distant past.  

Vote to choose where in the Solar System we visit next - a frozen world hiding a secret under the ice or a world with strange chemicals in weird places.

Discover how powerful telescopes in space find exoplanets – alien worlds going around distant stars.

Investigate what kind of strange alien life might live on these faraway planets.

Join your fellow audience members in using our Planetarium technology to create your very own exoplanet. Volunteer to name your new creation.

Vote to choose a real exoplanet to explore. 

Please note: 3D shows are strictly for ages 6 and over. Life in the Universe 2D is available for Year One groups.