Name: Free showing - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Start: 2025-08-16T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-16T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium

Black holes exert their sway over the cosmos and our imaginations. Join us for a free ride exploring these strange celestial objects.
About this Event

Free showing - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Please note this show is free and tickets are very limited. If you make a reservation and are unable to attend, please cancel these directly or let us know as soon as possible so that we may release seats to those who can.

This showing is part of our "The Universe, on Us" Series of Free Community Programs at the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium.

There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end. It’s at this point, inside this fantastic riddle, that black holes exert their sway over the cosmos… and our imaginations. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, experience the creation of the Milky Way Galaxy, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Mathematical equations, cutting-edge science, and Einstein’s theories fill in holes along the way, providing the most complete picture yet on this mysterious phenomenon. Can you feel the pull?

Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the production features high-resolution visualizations of cosmic phenomena, working with data generated by supercomputer simulations, to bring the science of black holes to the dome. After the fulldome show, our Planetarium Educator will present a sky tour using our starball.

Program length is one hour and is recommended for visitors age 8 and up. Children under 5 are not permitted at this program.

Please arrive at least 5 minutes before show time, because late arrivals may not be seated for safety reasons in our darkened planetarium.

If you are not already familiar with the location of the planetarium, please be sure to understand our location using the map here on Eventbrite or here: Planetarium location in Google Maps For our public programs, you will be able to park in the I-37 parking lot off of Iroquois Drive directly next to Buffalo State University's Science and Math Complex which houses the planetarium.