🚀✨ Celebrate 30 years of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 on Scotland’s BIGGEST screen! Join @AndySaunders_1 author & one of the world’s leading experts in NASA digital restoration as he shares stunning images and stories behind humanity's first spaceflights #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered

Today we celebrate 10 years of our full-dome digital @glasgowplanetarium.bsky.social We’ve shared countless cosmic journeys, the sounds of Pink Floyd & Queen, inspiring talks from the likes of Tim Peake, @chrislintott.bsky.social & Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and even a few weddings under the stars

If you're planning a walk over the weekend, keep your eyes peeled for meteorite fragments! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It looks like you're excited for the first in this year's series of David Elder Lectures, because there are only a handful of tickets left for Wednesday 17 September. Get yours before they go! www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/dav...

We're so excited for the first in the new series of David Elder Lectures, supported by @physicsstrath.bsky.social, starting with Dr Christopher Berry from @uofglasgow.bsky.social, to celebrate 10 years of gravitational waves! 🕖:1900 📅: Wed 17 September 🎟️: glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/dav...

Huge congratulations to the new Astronomer Royal, Prof. Michele Dougherty!

The Planetarium at @glasgowscience.bsky.social will be CLOSED on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd for staff training. We still have three floors of brilliant exhibits, free workshops, and our NEW Superhuman Science show to explore. We'll see you on Wednesday 23rd!

🚪 Hatch opening is coming up. This is the passage where @astro-slawosz.bsky.social and the #Ax4 crew will join the seven astronauts currently onboard the International Space Station — bringing the total to 11 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 Live on @esa.int's YouTube now: ▶️ www.youtube.com/live/OZcfHni...

Want to know more about the Vera Rubin Observatory? We can visit it in our stargazing shows! On Sat 5th July, we are running a Planetarium Late focusing on this incredible facility and the discoveries it has already made. Get tickets: https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/planetarium-lates

The Rubin Observatory is set in the Atacama Desert, Chile, high atop the mountain Cerro Pachón and far away from the lights of the closest towns. This gives it the perfect vantage point for its mission to rapidly survey the sky and discover new asteroids, supernovae and more!

Don't think we'll ever get bored of looking at images from the Rubin Observatory. This portion of the Virgo Cluster (one of the closest large galaxy clusters to us) really showcases the complexity of galaxy interactions.

Happy Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year as our planet is tilted most towards to the Sun in its orbit in the northern hemisphere. We have 17 hr 34 minutes of sunlight today!

Join us tomorrow night for a special Glasgow Science Festival Planetarium Lates! We're teaming with the University of Glasgow to celebrate the city’s part in recent astronomical breakthroughs. 🗓 Fri 6 June // 🕖 7pm 🔗 https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/planetarium-lates-gsf25

Thanks to the support of @physicsstrath.bsky.social and the David Elder bequest, we're so excited to welcome Dr. Erin Macdonald to the IMAX at @glasgowscience.bsky.social!

We're so excited to welcome the team from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social for a special Planetarium Late as part of #GlasgowScienceFestival. Join us to celebrate Glasgow's part in groundbreaking astronomical discoveries. 📅Friday 6 June 🕖1900-2030 🎟️: www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/planetarium-...

🚀 #CuriousAbout Live Sessions is BACK! 🎉   Join us online for FREE live sessions, featuring educational activities and resources!  ‼️ Save the Date: 5 & 6 June ‼️  Curious now? Explore our interactive games and downloadable goodies now:  https://curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org

There's still lots of space at tonight's Planetarium Late. We'd love to see you there. https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/planetarium-lates

🌍🛰️How cool is this⬇️ ☂️Watch as our Biomass's antenna deploys in space! Following liftoff, orbital injection acquisition of its first signal and satellite in-orbit checks, the successful deployment of Biomass’ mesh antenna reflector marks the final key step in the launch and early operations phase.

Today is a very special day in planetarium history! 100 years ago the first projection planetarium opened to the public in Munich, and we've been exploring the cosmos in them ever since. Here's to the next 100 years! 🥳🚀🌟 #Planetarium100

#ThatsNoMoon #MayTheFourth be with you this #StarWarsDay Join us in the Planetarium @gsc1 and journey to a Galaxy Far, Far, Away. Learn about the science fact and the science fiction of this beloved franchise. Costumes welcome.

If you're looking for something to do this lunchtime, why not classify a galaxy or two? In this brilliant new project from @zooniverse.bsky.social, you can look through and classify galaxies from #JWST data that no-one else has seen! www.zooniverse.org/projects/zoo...

This weekend, celebrate #StarWarsDay in style as we launch into a galaxy far, far away – all without leaving your seat in The Planetarium! 🚀✨ Add-on this show when you visit the Science Mall *this Sunday only* https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away #MayTheFourth

Trois...Deux...Un...TOP! Off it goes! A beautiful launch of #Biomass from Kourou.

We're tuned in to the launch of @esaearth.esa.int's #Biomass satellite. As part of @esa.int's fleet of Earth observing satellites, #Biomass will measure forests around the globe, to help us monitor their health, and understand the impact of climate change, all from 660km above the Earth!

Biomass is GO for launch! The Biomass Flight Operations Director José Morales has just made the GO/NOGO roll call. All the lights are green. We are ready to launch! L-60 minutes soundcloud.com/esa/biomassr...

My @greshamcollege.bsky.social talk on asteroids is up! Get it while it’s fresh: youtu.be/Itht1IAFXbA?...

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear #Hubble, happy birthday to you! 🥳 Hubble is still going strong after 35 years, and we're still blown away by the incredible images it sends back from orbit. We're keeping our fingers crossed for many more years of views like these!

Exploring the wonders of the universe, one star at a time. 🌠🌌 Planetaria bring the cosmos to life, making the incredible wonders of space feel closer than ever. Don't miss the chance to experience it yourself. Come visit us here at the Planetarium @ Glasgow Science Centre.

Today we here at the planetarium celebrate Yuri's Night - the party for space fans everywhere! Honoring Yuri Gagarin's historic 1961 flight and humanity's leap forward into the cosmos. Here's to exploring that final frontier!

On this day in 2019 the first ever image of a black hole was released. Taken by the Event Horizon telescope the black hole is located in the M87 galaxy around 55 million light years from Earth.

It's important to remember that as we continue to explore the cosmos, we are at every turn reminded that we are just a small part of a vast, incredible universe. Every planet, star and galaxy each tell us a story that helps better inform our understanding of the universe.

#FunFactFriday Kathryn Sullivan is the only human who has travelled to space and to the deepest part of the ocean! She has travelled 250 miles above the Earth's surface and 7 miles beneath it giving her the Guiness World Record of 'Most Vertical Girl in the World'.

Today is the anniversary of the discovery of underground bodies of water on Enceladus, one of Saturn's icy moons by the Cassini orbiter. This moon is known for its cryovolcanoes, which spray out water with such force, it escapes the planets gravitational pull.

We're firmly on #TeamTardigrade. These amazing "slow steppers" or water bears have been tested in various experiments in space since 2007, they've spent time on the International Space Station, and have proved their robustness by reanimating after being in the vacuum of space. Vote Tardigrade today!

#FunFactFriday The Sun is 400 times larger than the Moon but is 400 times further away. When viewed from Earth the two objects appear to be the same size. This cosmic coincidence means that sometimes the Moon can completely block the Sun's face leading to a total solar eclipse.

🐰 ⚒️ Hop over for a cracking day of family fun this Easter at Glasgow Science Centre! 🐥 Get ready to eggs-plore, build, and discover together with hands-on activities and unmissable shows 👉 Check out what we've got lined up from 5 April... https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/building-wonders

#FunFactFriday A day on Venus is longer than its year! Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis but only 224.7 Earth days to orbit the Sun.  In our solar system Venus and Uranus rotate clockwise meaning the Sun rises and sets opposite to what we see on Earth.

In the last week, while performing a flyby of Mars, the ESA Hera Mission made use of it's instruments to capture images of the surface of the red planet, as well as the face of one of it's two moons, Deimos.

How amazing is this image from @ESA_Euclid It's an example of gravitational lensing known as an Einstein Ring. You can find out more here https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_discovers_a_stunning_Einstein_ring

Today at 10:01 CET the Sun was directly above Earth’s equator, marking the #SpringEquinox! 🌸 At this moment, our planet is neither tilted towards nor away from the Sun, creating nearly equal day/night. 🌓 This stunning image was captured by our Meteosat-12 satellite. 🛰️

There are two tickets remaining for tonight's David Elder lecture, the last in this year's series. Snap them up while you can! A huge thank-you to @physicsstrath.bsky.social and the David Elder Bequest for supporting the last 10(!) years of lectures. www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/dav...

The Sombrero Galaxy is so named because it looks like a broad brimmed Mexican hat. It's a spiral galaxy 28 million light years away and is home to around 2000 globular clusters. Globular clusters contain old stars that are almost as old as the universe itself!

On this day in 1958 the first planetarium in Britain was officially opened. It seated around 330 people under an 18m dome and operated as a planetarium until 2006. The building now houses a 4D cinema experience as part of Madame Tussaud's.

#ESAEuclid reveals its #Q1release data of three deep fields. In this image is a preview of Deep Field North. Just to reiterate…this is Just. A. Preview. But, in an area of sky equivalent to holding up an apple at arm’s length, Euclid has already seen more than 10 million galaxies! 😍 (1/4)

Are Euclid-ing us?! What a stunning view of the Cat's Eye nebula. We couldn't wait to get it onto the dome, and it looks spectacular, @eucliduk.bsky.social! www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

We're counting down the minutes!

Did you spot the curious dolphins investigating the Crew-9 Dragon capsule after it splashed down last night? www.space.com/space-explor...

Set your alarms for a Pi Day Lunar Eclipse! From around 5:10am on Friday 14th March, the Moon will slowly pass through the Earth's shadow. Look for it low in the Western Sky all the way until the Moon sets around 6:30am. Clear Skies!

Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

274 moons is, arguably, too many moons. Exciting news from Saturn, as it well and truly cements its place in the Solar System as the planet with the most moons. 🪐 Jupiter is definitely lagging behind now... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...