"The sky is falling, the sky is
falling!" exclaimed Chicken
Little, but he might have
known better had he been a
University of Florida Physics
major, or perhaps had
visited the Kika Silva
Pla Planetarium at Santa
Fe Community College.
If you are sitting at
home on a Friday night
and have nothing to do
(which is likely, we are
Physics students after
all), you can attend
the 7 pm show, titled
"Southern Nights", which
will project the current
night sky and teach you
about the visible planets
and constellations. On
Saturdays at 5 pm, you can
watch Black Holes: The Other
Side of Infinity, a movie
funded by the likes of NOVA
and the National Science
Foundation. ‘Black Holes’
portrays computer simulations
of the formation of the early
universe, as well as the births
and deaths of stars and a
simulated flight to the Milky
Way’s very own black hole.
If you stick around after the
show, you can view "Night
Spirits: Native American
Lore" at 7 pm, which details
Native American history and
beliefs as they related to the
constellations. All of these
shows cost $4 for adults and $3
for children and seniors.
If you just so happen to
be lucky enough to have
a Santa Fe Community
College ID, you can visit
any of these shows for
free. Additionally, on
Friday and Saturday
nights at 9 pm, you
can attend a "Cosmic
Concert", where you can
listen to techno, club and
rave music, and, pardon
the pun, dance with the
stars. The cost for this
is $10. After closing for
the holidays, shows resumed
on January 11, 2008. For
further information, you can
access their website, www.
sfcc.edu/planetarium.