Bays Mountain Park is pleased to announce the return of “Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret” to the planetarium theater.

“Dark Matter Mystery” debuted today (July 1) and will be showing daily at 2 p.m. through August 31. This captivating program, originally shown in 2019, explores the greatest quest of contemporary astrophysics – the hunt for dark matter.

In this program you will learn why we know dark matter exists and how this search is one of the most challenging and exciting searches science has to offer. Join the scientists on their hunt for dark matter with experiments in space and deep underground. Will they be able to solve… the Dark Matter Mystery?

“We know today approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue known as dark matter,” said Planetarium Director Jason Dorfman. “We know it is out there, but we have no idea what it is made out of.”

This 40-minute program will be followed by a brief tour of the current evening sky using our Zeiss ZKP-4 optical star projector.

“Living Worlds” debuted May 1 and will continue showing as the main feature in the Planetarium Theater through August 31. The 25-minute program is being shown daily at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Produced by the California Academy of Sciences, “Living Worlds” invites you to journey through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our home planet. Narrator Daveed Diggs takes you on an exploration of the co-evolution of life and our planet, revealing the ways in which life has transformed Earth’s surface and atmosphere over billions of years.

Along the way, you’ll see how light and color can help us spot a living world, even from great distances.

For more information about Bays Mountain Park and its programs, events and activities, visit www.baysmountain.com.