Birth of Planet Earth

Experience the fascinating story about the formation of our planet! Formed 4.5 billion years ago from a gigantic cloud of gas and dust, our Earth is now the only planet with life that we know of. How did it come about and what is so special about our home planet compared with Mars or Venus? And what influence does the moon have on life on Earth? We explore these questions and travel to other planets outside our solar system. Is there a »second Earth« somewhere out there?

Production: Spitz Creative Media, NCSA's Advanced Visualization Lab, Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. and the Tellus Science Museum.
Image © spitzinc

Information

55 min | ages 10 and up (from grade 7 onwards) | Tickets 9,50 € / 7,50 € (day-care & school classes: €4 per person, 2 accompanying persons have free admission)

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The following tickets are only available on site at the cash desk and cannot be booked in the online shop: Family tickets, group discounts, discounted / free tickets within the framework of cooperations (e. g. Berlin Family Pass) and tickets for wheelchair users and their accompanying persons (since there are designated seats for safety reasons). Unfortunately, it is not possible to refund differences resulting from the purchase of regular online tickets. Therefore, please reserve the relevant tickets in advance via our ticket hotline.

Unfortunately, family tickets are not available for cinema films, music and special events, and no discounts apply within the framework of cooperations (e. g. Berlin Family Pass).

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Images

© Nathan Goldbaum, Mark Krumholz, John Forbes. Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois — Countless supernova explosions have produced elements in our galaxy that formed the basis for the formation of planets. © Nathan Goldbaum; Mark Krumholz; John Forbes; Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab

© Robin Canup, Southwest Research Institute. Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois — A Mars-sized object called Theia crossed the Earth's orbit about 4.5 billion years ago and collided with it. © Robin Canup; Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois.

The moon was much closer to the earth during its formation. Seen from its surface, the Earth would hang large in the sky. © Spitz Creative Media

© Klaus Schulten, Melih Sener, John Stone, Neil Hunter, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield. — Early unicellular bacteria were able to survive by capturing the energy of sunlight (early photosynthesis). © Klaus Schulten, Melih Sener, John Stone, Neil Hunter, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group. Advanced Visualization Lab.

© Larry DiGirolamo, Guangyu Zhao, Yizhe Zhan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois — Atmospheric satellites orbit the earth and measure air pollution. © Larry DiGirolamo, Guangyu Zhao, Yizhe Zhan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab

Videos

English trailer of the science programme »Birth of Planet Earth«. A production of Spitz Creative Media, NCSA's Advanced Visualization Lab, Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. and the Tellus Science Museum.