Dates: October 19 - October 23
Audience: All Ages
Explore programming to implement or participate in during Mass STEM Week 2026 (and beyond)! Learn about state-sponsored Design Challenges and other opportunities hosted by MetroWest organizations! More information.
Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 2:30PM - 5:30PM
Audience: College Students and High School Juniors & Seniors
Location: McCarthy Center Forum at Framingham State University
Students meet with employers in clean energy, sustainability, and environmental stewardship to: Explore job opportunities in energy efficiency, clean energy, transportation, waste management, sustainable practices for communities and businesses, environmental policy, and more! Share their educational and career interests. Network with professionals to learn about STEM and non-STEM roles these industries offer. More information
Date: Friday, October 23
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: All ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Celebrate the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope with this special community event featuring fulldome film ‘Phantom of the Universe’ in the FSU Planetarium. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, October 28
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: High School Educators
Location: Zoom
Join the MetroWest STEM Education Network to learn more about the BEST AQI - Breathing Easier: Supporting Teen Air Quality Investigations Program and Toolkit developed by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Learn about how you can be trained to implement BEST AQI in your classroom. Register / More information.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us in the planetarium to discover all new creepy and eerie cosmic objects, such as ghoulish galaxies and nefarious nebulae. Afterwards, we will show our film Undiscovered Worlds. Come in costume! Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, November 20
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring the live planetarium show A Galactic Odyssey followed by the fulldome film Encounters in the Milky Way. Embark on a time-traveling journey to witness some of the chance encounters that have shaped the destiny of the cosmos. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, this is the first American Museum of Natural History Space Show to present the story of cosmic motion and how that impacts our solar system. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, September 25
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Don’t miss your final chance to experience the cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, September 18
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Don’t miss your final chance to experience the cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, Septhember 11
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Don’t miss your final chance to experience the cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Sunday, August 23
Time: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us for an unforgettable experience in the FSU planetarium during Framingham State University Police Department’s touch-a-truck event! We will have a rotation of free live planetarium shows and films all afternoon. More information.
EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Date: Friday, August 21
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring the live planetarium show A Galactic Odyssey followed by the fulldome film In Saturn’s Rings. Fly through lavishly arranged visuals as we visit distant galaxies, tour the planets of the inner Solar System, Jupiter, its moons, and - of course - Saturn's rings. More information.
Date: Wednesday, August 19
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an afternoon in the planetarium featuring a Summer Night Sky Tour followed by a NEW FILM Encounters in the Milky Way! Embark on a time-traveling journey to witness some of the chance encounters that have shaped the destiny of the cosmos. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, this is the first American Museum of Natural History Space Show to present the story of cosmic motion and how that impacts our solar system. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, August 12
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us for a cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, Aug 7
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring the live planetarium show A Galactic Odyssey followed by the fulldome film Encounters in the Milky Way. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, July 29
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us for a cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, July 22
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring a the live planetarium show Exploring Earth’s Moon followed by the planetarium film Earthrise. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, July 22
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring a the live planetarium show Exploring Earth’s Moon followed by the planetarium film Fly Me to the Moon. Follow three young flies as they inadvertently stowaway aboard Apollo 11 and join Neil, Buzz, and Michael on their mission to pull off the very first moon landing! Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, July 15
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us for a cosmic celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time. Over 1 million people worldwide have now seen the unforgettable audio-visual journey celebrating Pink Floyd’s legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, July 8
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring a Summer Night Sky Tour followed by the planetarium film We Are Guardians. Dive into a friendly introduction to the changes imposed upon our planet's climate, how we measure them, and what we can do about it. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Cool off this summer in the planetarium! Experience a wide range of live planetarium shows and breathtaking fulldome films. Weekly planetarium offerings will be available throughout August. Purchase Tickets / More Information
Date: Friday, June 12
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: McAuliffe Center
EVENT FULL
To honor the 43rd anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space, we are hosting a FREE evening in the planetarium featuring the live planetarium show Exploring Earth’s Moon followed by the planetarium film Destination Mars. More Information.
CANCELLED DUE TO CLOUD COVERAGE
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 8:45PM - 10:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring the live show Exploring Earth’s Moon followed by the planetarium film Big Astronomy. Take a deep dive to look at the Moon then a journey through observatories in the gorgeous mountains of Chile. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Saturday, April 25
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: McAuliffe Center and O’Connor Parking Lot
Attend our annual free science festival for families and learners of all ages! Explore science, technology, engineering, and math and the ways they support environmental justice, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability! Rain or Shine! In case of bad weather all exhibits will move indoors. Official festival webpage
Date: Thursday, April 23
Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Join us for Massachusetts Space Week Community Stargazing in collaboration with DarkSky Massachusetts to use telescopes to observe the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
Date: Thursday, April 23
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activity: Planetary Defense Workshop
Planetary Defense Workshop led by The Space Consortium. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during April School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: Thursday, April 23
Time: 8:30AM - 3:00PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activities: Expedition Mars and Planetary Defense Workshop
Expedition Mars space mission simulation in the Challenger Learning Center, including brand-new VR briefings, and Planetary Defense Workshop led by The Space Consortium. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during April School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 8:30AM - 3:00PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activities: Expedition Mars, Big Astronomy, and MicroObservatory
Expedition Mars space mission simulation in the Challenger Learning Center, including brand-new VR briefings; interactive planetarium program, including the full-dome film Big Astronomy; and MicroObservatory activity. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during April School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: April 22-23, 2026
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center and FSU Planetarium
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 7:30PM - 8:45PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Do Earth-like planets exist elsewhere in the universe? Travel to distant stars and fly up close to exotic planets. Experience the science shifting our perspective on humanity’s place in the cosmos. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: Online via Zoom
The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy. More Information / Register for Zoom
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the anniversary of its release. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the anniversary of its release. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
