Space Dome
With the latest projection technology, using real science data,
we bring the real universe to you. Get closer to the wonders of the universe while travelling with us through time and space.
An educative, inspiring, fun and exhilarating trip
that will stick in your mind forever!
"Yet, for most of us, the most memorable sight was not of the moon but of our beautiful blue and white home, moving majestically around the sun, all alone in the infinite black space."
Alan Bean
Fourth person to walk on the moon
Join us in...
"An Amazing Journey Across Space"
Space Dome UK
Our Space Dome is designed to explore science, astronomy, geology and geography in an interactive way bringing the power of digital planetariums and LIPS methodology (Live, Interactive Planetarium Shows) to children and communities all around the UK. We provide immersive educational experiences that make learning stick! Either if you are looking for the 'wow factor' of a large immersive display environment to entertain large numbers of viewers or want to educate a group in science topics, we are here to help.
Why us? We base our presentations in real scientific data to bring the real universe to our domes. Our projectors can capture real Earth data as well as space data. For example, in our show about Mars we can present the different layers of the planet in a 360 degree view using real scientific data, providing this way a deep study of the planet. We can explore its volcanoes, polar ice caps, canyons and thin clouds obtaining a better understanding of the planet in its three-dimensional structure.
We use the latest projection technology and go beyond simulators to offer an experience that feels real. We focus on quality and learning impact along with showing the wonders of our universe and bringing an exciting experience that the audience will never forget.
Space Programme
Check out our exciting Space Dome Programme below and if you require a specific topic that’s not on the list, just get in touch as we will very likely be able to help.
Explore some of our Space Dome themes
Rates
- Full day visit cost ranges £580 (excluding VAT) with a typical day including up to five class shows.
- Half day costs for three shows is £480.
- We may charge extra for a sixth show during the day. If your school is located near one of our dome bases (see below), then we may be able to come for a half day. Please apply for half day rates if the case.
- Please be aware that we charge a travel and hotel supplement if we are required to travel a distance from a base.
Our domes are based at the following locations:
Bournemouth, Wimborne (Dorset), Brighton, Trowbridge, London, Leeds, and Newark in Nottinghamshire covering the whole of the UK and EIRE.
Bookings
Contact us for further information and bookings on 01202304734, send us an email to sciencedome@ntlworld.com,
or alternatively click the bottom down below and fill in the form. We will get in touch with you soon after we receive your request.
Popular Questions
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About Space
Differences between comets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors and meteorites
Many people get confused about comets, asteroids, meteoroids and meteors. We are going to explain them all here so that we can avoid getting lost in space!
Comets
Comets are leftovers from the dawn of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago, and consist mostly of ice coated with dark organic material. That's why they are called cosmic snowballs. They are made of frozen gases, rock, and dust and they orbit the Sun. They have been referred to as "dirty snowballs." When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets. The dust and gases form a tail that stretches away from the Sun for millions of miles. There are likely billions of comets orbiting our Sun in the Kuiper Belt and even more distant Oort Cloud.
The current number of known comets is: 3,856
Comets may yield important clues about the formation of our solar system. Comets may have brought water and organic compounds, the building blocks of life, to the early Earth and other parts of the solar system.
Asteroids
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Their sizes range from 1 meter to hundreds of kilometers.
The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter (the main asteroid belt), others share a planet's orbit around the Sun. It is currently believed that at least 5,000 asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, some coming very close (Near-Earth Asteroids). Large asteroids and comets hit the Earth only once every 100 million years or so, not something that happens very often!
Asteroids usually revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits, but sometimes they can rotate quite erratically, tumbling as they go. More than 150 asteroids are known to have a small companion moon (some have two moons). There are also binary (double) asteroids, in which two rocky bodies of roughly equal size orbit each other, as well as triple asteroid systems.
The current known asteroid count is: 1,266,738.
Meteoroids, meteors and meteorites
Meteoroids are very small asteroids, with sizes between microns to 1 meter.
When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors.
When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.
Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons of meteoric material falls on the Earth each day. Almost all the material is vaporized in Earth's atmosphere, leaving a bright trail fondly called "shooting stars."Several meteors per hour can usually be seen on any given night. When there are lots more meteors, you’re watching a meteor shower.
Learn more at
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview
Why all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction and how our Solar System was formed
All eight planets of the Solar System follow an anti-clockwise path around the Sun. Our solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago from the collapse of a huge cloud of gas and dust. As it collapsed, it formed a solar nebula – a spinning, swirling disk of material. Collisions between dust and friction within the gas would drag material into the same motions as the majority of the gas and dust. At the center, gravity pulled more and more material in. Eventually, the pressure in the core was so great that hydrogen atoms began to combine and form helium, releasing a tremendous amount of energy. With that, our Sun was born, and it eventually amassed more than 99% of the available matter.
Matter farther out in the disk was also clumping together. These clumps smashed into one another, forming larger and larger objects. Some of them grew big enough for their gravity to shape them into spheres, becoming planets, dwarf planets, and large moons. In other cases, planets did not form: the asteroid belt is made of bits and pieces of the early solar system that could never quite come together into a planet. Other smaller leftover pieces became asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and small, irregular moons.
The general revolution of the disc would transfer to the rotating planets and to the Sun itself.
Most of the angular momentum of the Solar System is in the outer planets, both in rotation and orbital motion.
The Sun itself rotates very slowly, about once a month, while Jupiter and Saturn rotate once every ten hours.
More about this at
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system
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