Solar Superstorms

A fury is building on the surface of the Sun - high velocity jets, fiery tsunami waves reaching 100,000 km high, rising loops of electrified gas. What is driving this strange phenomena and will it affect Earth? Find out in this new production, featuring scientific visualizations from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at UIUC. Peer into the Sun using the latest scientific data.
Admission is $8 for adults or $7 for Parkland students, seniors 65 and older, or children 12 and under. Passes may be purchased at tickets.parkland.edu/ or in the lobby beginning a half-hour before the first show. The full show schedule is at planetarium.parkland.edu/