Experience the Wits Digital Dome,a world of immersive wonder with our 10 high‑powered projectors that create a seamless 360° visual adventure. From galaxies to deep‑sea worlds, every scene feels vivid, real, and unforgettable. Come discover why the #WitsDigitalDome isn’t just a venue—it’s a journey💫

🌟New Dome Show!🌟 👧🧒 Little Explorers in a Big Universe 🚀✨ A fully live, interactive 1‑hour show at the Wits Digital Dome — perfect for curious kids who love asking big questions about the night sky! 🌙🔭 🎟 Tickets on Webtickets. Bring the little ones for a cosmic adventure they’ll never forget! 💫

🧠✨ Take the kids on a journey into the brain! ✨🧠 Join us at the Wits Digital Dome this Saturday at 10:00 for Mysteries of Your Brain — a fun, animated 360° show for ages 5–12. 🎟️ Tickets only on Webtickets (No door sales) 📍 Wits Digital Dome 🗓️ Saturday ⏰ 10:00 ⚠️ No children under 5 Watch the trailer

✨ WITS O’WEEK VIBES! ✨ Our newest Witsies are exploring campus 🙌 Swing by the Wits Digital Dome (near the Empire Rd entrance)🌍💡 Experience immersive 360° storytelling, mind‑blowing visuals, and tech that sparks bold ideas. 🚀 🎟️ Student tickets: R45 on Webtickets 📍 Find us, experience the future today

📢 New #WitsDigitalDome prices 🎟️ R45 Kids/Students/Seniors | R75 Adults 🚫 No children under 5 🗓️ Public shows: Fri 19:00 | Sat 10:00 & 12:00 🔭 Show lineup: digitaldome.wits.ac.za/shows/ 🎫 Tickets ONLY on Webtickets — no door sales See you under the stars!✨ #WitsDigitalDome #PublicShows #WebticketsOnly

🎉 We’re Back! 🎉 The Wits Digital Dome is OPEN for 2026 Kick off the year with mind-blowing experiences under the dome. 📅 First Public Show: Dark Universe |13 Jan | 17:00 Explore the mysteries of the cosmos in this breathtaking journey through space! 🌐 Public show lineup: digitaldome.wits.ac.za/shows

The stars, planets, and everything you can see are less than 5 percent of the universe. "Dark Universe" explores the invisible 95% of our cosmos - dark matter and dark energy. Shows from 16 Jan - 28 Feb, 2026. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmN2... Tickets: www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently in the constellation Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer. It approaches the Sun (perihelion) on November 8. ⏲️ Use binoculars to look west after 7PM, 🌌 For the best chance of seeing it, go to regions that are darker and away from city lights.

2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world. That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today. So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based. Image by HEO (from above!) 🔭🧪

South Africa is a global hub for astronomy 🌌 Experience Rising Star at the Wits Digital Dome - a planetarium film that journeys from our beginnings to the future of African astronomy, featuring SALT & MeerKAT. 🇿🇦✨ 🎥 Made in Africa. For the world. www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

Our live shows 17 Oct - 15 Nov, are a fabulous way to have an interactive tour of the universe and view the constantly changing night sky. We will explore the summer constellations, deep-sky objects, and astronomy survey regions for exoplanets. Tickets - www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?i...

The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will premiere "Close Encounters", that takes audiences on a larger than life immersive virtual safari, bringing them face-to-face with Africa’s most iconic animals. Please buy tickets for shows on 4, 18, 26, or 31 October www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

Join us at the Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome for the launch of Out of This World and Into The Next by Adriana Marais, in conversation with: Jenny Crwys-Williams 14:30, Saturday, 20 September 2025 www.quicket.co.za/events/33005...

We welcome you for a public talk by Dr Adriana Marais titled "Out of this World - and into the Next". 15:00, Friday, 19 September at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome. Dr Adriana Marais is an award-winning theoretical physicist and internationally renowned advocate for off-world exploration.

The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will premiere "Close Encounters", that takes audiences on a larger than life immersive virtual safari, bringing them face-to-face with Africa’s most iconic animals. Tickets are R120, please buy online on Web Tickets www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

The Faculty of Science Lunchtime Lecture series showcases the cutting-edge and diverse research and teaching innovations in Wits’ Faculty of Science.

As part of the National Science Week to promote, exhibit and communicate awareness in science, we will be having two fulldome shows and public talks between Monday 4 August - Wednesday 6 August at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome. Please reserve your seats here www.quicket.co.za/events/32884...

COSMOSENO showcases immersive audiovisual work, reflecting the current socio-environmental crisis and calling for a human re-evaluation of our relationships with the Cosmos. Friday 1 August and Saturday 2 August from 10:00 - 12:00. Please book tickets free of charge www.quicket.co.za/events/32567...

Hubble Space Telescope images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are out! These were taken 5 hours ago. Plenty of cosmic rays peppering the images, but the comet's coma looks very nice and puffy. Best of luck to the researchers trying to write up papers for this... archive.stsci.edu/proposal_sea... 🔭

Betelgeuse’s long-predicted stellar companion may have been found at last

Betelgeuse has a companion - a pre main-sequence B/A star with a semimajor axis of only 8 au. Required speckle observations to dig it out. noirlab.edu/public/news/...

The Search for Life launches visitors on an awe-inspiring trip through space and time; from the depths of Earth’s oceans to the outer reaches of the cosmos, to explore the links between life on Earth and the potential for life on other planets. Buy tickets online www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome has been honoured with a historic Blue Plaque by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, recognising its cultural, architectural, and academic significance as the former Johannesburg Planetarium Read More: ow.ly/xzq450WkRLh

We are excited to screen a kids show "321 Liftoff!" starting 9 August 2025. Alan is a hamster who finds a robot which fell from the Earth’s orbit, and the robot’s spaceship is going to leave soon. Will Alan manage to get the robot back on their ship in time? Tickets - tinyurl.com/47skdmsb

The Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome celebrated the unveiling of the first light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. #RubinWatchParty @vrubinobs.bsky.social Rubin First Look Press Release with Images and Videos is now public and available here: noirlab.edu/public/news/...

A significant new result about the structure of the Oort cloud came from visualizing simulation data a planetarium. Congratulations to the AMNH team!

Welcoming all astronomy enthusiasts for our interactive live shows from 3 July. In an hour, we will explore the southern sky gems, some of the less well-known southern sky constellations and deep-sky objects. digitaldome.wits.ac.za/shows/ Tickets are online only www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?i...

The first planetarium opened on May 7, 1925 in Munich. This May, we celebrate a century of wonder, discovery, and exploration with the show, '100 Years of Eternity', from early cultures and leading to the modern Digital Dome. Tickets only on Web Tickets. www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

We are excited to bring "Journey to the Stars" to the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome starting on 16 May! This show is developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York @natural-history.bsky.social and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Please book online www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?i...

Zoom along the paths of neurons, fly through brains and experience illusions on a grand scale in the new planetarium show Mysteries of Your Brain. Now showing at Wits Anglo American Digital Dome! Produced by the Bell Museum @bellmuseum.bsky.social

Welcome to the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome! Please visit our website digitaldome.wits.ac.za for more information. We have schools shows in the weekday mornings; public shows are on Friday evenings (one Thursday every month), Saturday mornings and afternoons digitaldome.wits.ac.za/shows/