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Home > FEATURED-STORIES > Planet of the Dinosaurs at the Planetarium

Planet of the Dinosaurs at the Planetarium

By Caroline King - August 15, 2013Posted in : FEATURED-STORIES, Science and Technology

Peter Harrison Planetarium - Royal Observatory Greenwich

Peter Harrison Planetarium (Photo: © National Maritime Museum, London)

When: 22nd August 2013 at 7pm

Where: Planetarium, Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich, London SE10 8XJ

£: £10 (members £8)

What is it?

This month the Royal Observatory in Greenwich is running a unique series of live planetarium shows. On 22nd August palaeontologist Dr David W E Hone of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, will be presenting Planet of the Dinosaurs.

Join Dr David Hone and the Royal Observatory’s Public Astronomer, Dr Marek Kukula, on a journey through time to explore the alien planet that was Earth, during the age of the dinosaurs.  Find out how a disaster from space may have changed our world for ever.

More info: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on

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