• Film Night July – Harmony of the Worlds

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    We continue our revisiting of The Cosmos Series.   Episode 3:  Subject: History of astronomy from astrology to Kepler’s laws; Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Galileo; scientific method triumph. 45 Years Later: […]

  • Film Night August – The Cosmos revisited 45 Years later – Heaven and Hell

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    Episode 4: Heaven and Hell Subject: Comets, asteroids, and impacts (Tunguska, Venus greenhouse); planetary evolution and catastrophes. 45 Years Later: Chicxulub crater confirmed as dinosaur extinction cause (1980s–1990s); multiple impact […]