The East Kentucky Science Center and Varia Planetarium serves as a hub of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in eastern Kentucky. The facility is located on the Big Sandy Community and Technical College’s Prestonsburg campus. The center offers an exhibit hall with hands-on STEM activities and visuals, along with the Varia Planetarium - a 40-foot dome with a Spitz Sci-Dome projection system, the state's only GOTO Star Projector, and a laser light music show system.