Hong Kong Space Museum screens new sky show "The Sun, Our Living Star" (with photos)

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     The Hong Kong Space Museum will screen a new sky show, "The Sun, Our Living Star", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (May 1), leading audiences to explore how ancient people revered the Sun and recorded its celestial motions. The show will also highlight the close relationship between the Sun and humans.

     Humanity has long been in awe of the Sun, from ancient times of worship to modern scientific discoveries. The light and heat of the Sun have nurtured life on Earth for billions of years. It drives winds and weather phenomena on Earth, and governs the rhythms of human lives through the cycle of days and seasons. Moreover, the Sun supplies the majority of the energy consumed by modern society, including the fossil fuels upon which humans heavily rely. These fuels are the result of solar energy stored by animals and plants millions of years ago.

     The 25-minute show will be screened until May 14, 2025. Screening times are 3.30pm and 8pm on weekdays and 2pm and 6.30pm on weekends and public holidays respectively. Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are now available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For details of the show, please visit hk.space.museum/en/web/spm/shows/sky-show/the-sun-our-living-star.html, or call 2721 0226 for enquiries.

The Hong Kong Space Museum, located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).

Ends/Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Issued at HKT 16:45

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The Hong Kong Space Museum will screen a new sky show, "The Sun, Our Living Star", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (May 1) and highlight the close relationship between the Sun and humans. The Sun formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago from a vast rotating cloud of gas and dust. Nuclear fusion was triggered at its core, which became the source of the Sun's power. Picture shows the collapse of this cloud under its own gravity, in an image from the sky show. (Source of photo: European Southern Observatory)

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Poster of "The Sun, Our Living Star"