Solar System Gallery
In the first floor gallery, walk on the sun and weigh yourself on the moon and the planet Saturn. Here, you can meet Galileo, Isaac Newton, Copernicus, and Kepleror, touch a fallen star—a meteorite a billion years older than any earth rock. You will discover how the planets got their names and why we live on the luckiest planet in the solar system. In the ceiling above these exhibits is an orrery—a giant solar system clock 40 feet across—which illustrates the relative orbital motion of planets, from speedy Mercury to lumbering Saturn.

Also on display is the former planetarium’s Zeiss star projector. Shaped like a giant 13-foot mechanical spider, this projector was made world famous when it was featured in the James Dean film Rebel Without A Cause.

Planet Tower
The new building addition features a series of glass windows to invite passers-by to explore the exhibitions within. The glass Planet Gallery reaches 2-stories high and is filled with giant planet models built to scale. Here visitors will meet a Saturn with rings nearly 15 feet wide and an earth model the size of a bowling ball.

Universe Gallery
Outside the entrance of the ExxonMobil Space Theater, the ViewSpace exhibit displays the most recent Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, and JPL space craft images. Also on display are changing exhibits relating to new cosmic discoveries and current sky shows