Waiting Far Away

Fri · Sep 25·1 PM – 2 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

10 minutes All ages An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far…and can’t find home. Become lost on a journey through the majestic, humbling, and solitary beauty of space and time reimagined. Charles Hayden Planetarium

Fri · Oct 2·2 PM – 3 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

10 minutes All ages An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far…and can’t find home. Become lost on a journey through the majestic, humbling, and solitary beauty of space and time reimagined. Charles Hayden Planetarium

Sun · Oct 4·2 PM – 3 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

10 minutes All ages An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far…and can’t find home. Become lost on a journey through the majestic, humbling, and solitary beauty of space and time reimagined. Charles Hayden Planetarium

Fri · Oct 9·2 PM – 3 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

10 minutes All ages An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far…and can’t find home. Become lost on a journey through the majestic, humbling, and solitary beauty of space and time reimagined. Charles Hayden Planetarium

Sun · Oct 25·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

(40 Min) Developed in partnership and solidarity with Cafe Ohlone, mur taaraxtak , or Ohlone Skies, weaves science and storytelling into a rich tapestry of Indigenous Ohlone knowledge, heritage, and history deeply rooted right here in the Oakland hills.

Sun · Oct 25·12 PM – 1 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

12 minutes, all ages. Telescopes built to detect electromagnetic waves, like visible light, infrared, radio waves, and other forms, give us the ability to see objects and events at great distances in the universe, and far back in time. Today, a new type of instrument, the “gravity wave telescope”, is giving us the powe…

Sun · Oct 25·10 AM – 4 PM·Children's Fairyland · Oakland

Sun · Oct 25·1 PM – 2 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

16 minutes All ages “ Lunaverse ” explores the nature of Earth’s moon: its motion and phases, lunar and solar eclipses, tides, and the Moon’s origin. The story unfolds as a conversation between a curious young child and the Moon—Luna—over the course of a night, from moonrise to moonset. Chabot Space & Science Center in…

Sun · Oct 25·3 PM – 4 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

15 minutes All ages It’s 10 o’clock: Do you know where your stars are? Let’s do a little scouting…. Each season brings a fresh batch of stars to dazzle our eyes and constellations to tell nighttime stories about. We’ll give you a quick tour of the present season’s sky, and tips on how to identify a few of the major con…

Sat · Nov 7·5:15 PM – 8:30 AM·Chabot Space & Science (events) · Oakland

Cosmic Camp-In: Our Solar System $115 per ticket, Members get $20 off per ticket $90 Moonlight Mission – Guests can attend the evening programming only (without spending the night) with this […] \n

Fri · Sep 25·2 PM – 3 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

Learn about NASA’s Artemis Program, and the initiative to get Astronauts back onto the moon!

Fri · Sep 25·3 PM – 4 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

C360: When Things Collide 31 minutes Ages 8 and up Movies, mythology, and popular culture paint many pictures of the ways that our world might end. How does science shed light on world-ending planetary disruptions past and future? We’ll fly to celestial sites of devastation and disaster, exploring how these events shap…

Sat · Sep 26·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt For Dark Matter 25 minutes Ages 8 and up An exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. The show will reveal the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term “dark…