When we raise our heads to the night sky, what we see is but a tiny fraction of what lies beyond.
Sky Show STARMAP to the Unseen Universe invites you on a magnificent voyage across space and time. Departing from Earth, we traverse 13.8 billion years of cosmic history in search of the Universe's origin. Along the way, we venture beyond the boundaries of our Solar System, explore the spiral arms of the Milky Way, and witness the birth and death of stars. A black hole reveals its all-consuming power, galaxies collide and merge, and at the farthest reaches, the Universe's first light awaits our arrival.
When you gaze at the stars, the unseen Universe is already before your eyes.
The Milky Way we see in the night sky is in fact a galaxy composed of hundreds of billions of stars, called the Milky Way Galaxy. Our Sun is one of the many stars within this massive galaxy.
Luminous members of the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus are easily visible to the naked eye. While they form a flat pattern when viewed from Earth and appear close to each other, their actual distances are large in three-dimensional space.
Stars are born in the Orion Nebula when spinning clouds of gas collapse and heat up. This process creates new stars and sometimes planets, just like how our Solar System formed billions of years ago.
When low to medium mass stars run out of fuel, they eject their outer layers of gas, creating beautiful gas clouds like the Helix Nebula, called planetary nebulae. These colourful structures surround what remains of the star's core.
Massive stars end their lives in dramatic supernova explosions when their cores collapse. These powerful blasts shoot gas into space incredibly fast, creating spectacular remnants that eventually become raw materials for new stars to form.
Black holes are incredibly dense objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Although black holes are invisible, we can track them down by observing the hot material swirling around them.
Galaxies can collide and interact with one another. For example, the Antennae Galaxies were formed by the merging of two galaxies into a larger one. However, the stars within these galaxies are highly unlikely to collide due to the vast distances between them.
| Show: | Sky Show STARMAP to the Unseen Universe |
| Show Period: | 15 May to 14 November 2025 |
| Show Schedule : | Monday, Wednesday to Friday: 3:30pm and 8:00pm Saturday, Sunday and public holiday: 2:00pm and 6:30pm Closed on Tuesdays (except public holiday) For more information on the show schedule of other shows, please refer to Space Theatre Show Schedule |
| Place: | Space Theatre, Hong Kong Space Museum |
| Admission Fees: | Standard Admission: $40 (stalls), $30 (front stalls) Concession Admission: $20 (stalls), $15 (front stalls)
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| Show Duration: | 28 minutes |
| Language: | Sessions at 8:00pm on Friday and 6:30pm on Saturday are in English. All other sessions are in Cantonese. Audience can also select the following languages with the multi-channel headphone system: Cantonese, Putonghua, English, Japanese and French |
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| Seating plan: | Please refer to Space Theatre Seating Plan |
All programmes and prices are subject to change without prior notice.