The Science Museum- The Sun: Living with our Star Exhibition London

The Sun: Living with Our Star exhibition charts humankind?s dependence upon and everchanging understanding of our star. More Highlights The original orrery, made for the Earl of Orrery in 1712 to demonstrate the motions of the Earth and Moon around the Sun, and an astronomical spectroscope made for Norman Lockyer. The exhibition also looks at the ongoing work to recreate the nuclear reactions that power the Sunhere on Earth. You can get up close to a Tokamak ST25-HTS, which is a prototype nuclear fusion reactor which successfully created and sustained plasma for a record-breaking 29 hours in 2015. The Sun: Living with Our Star exhibition includes different interactive experiences for you to experience and explore the power of the Sun, including a huge illuminated wall display that allows visitors to see the sun rise in different seasons and different locations around the world, and a digital mirror that you can virtually try on a range of sunglasses from the Science Museum collection.

Ticket Includes Entry to The Sun: Living with Our Star exhibition Interactive experiences Highlights Nordic Bronze Age artefacts Details of upcoming NASA and ESA solar missions Animations Exclusions Additional exhibitions   Please Note: Once booked, this tour cannot be cancelled.