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Violent Universe
When: Friday, October 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Where: William M. Staerkel Planetarium, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign, IL, 61821 — Champaign, IL
Price: Free
The beauty of a starlit sky conceals the violent forces at work within our universe. From the upheaval of a giant star that explodes to release its material into space, to a future encounter between the Earth and a large asteroid that is too close for comfort, we will witness the forces that hold the universe together and occasionally try to rip it apart. Narrated by Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films.
Admission is $8 for adults or $7 for Parkland students, seniors 62 and older, or children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased online or are sold at the door beginning a half-hour before the show. Members of the Friends of the Staerkel Planetarium are admitted for free.
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