EXTRA EXTRA! Read all about how Adler Zooniverse is using #CitizenScience to support humanitarian aid workers in Sudan, as published by Lancaster University. 🗞️ ⭐️ Read now: https://lnkd.in/grCWPAgu #Zooniverse #AdlerPlanetarium
Adler Planetarium
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Chicago, IL 8,560 followers
1st planetarium in the Western Hemisphere! Look up with us. 🔭 Explore our newest exhibit, Other Worlds—open now! 🪐
About us
The Adler Planetarium connects people to the universe and each other. Whether it is introducing a guest to the Ring Nebula, a neighborhood school to a community partner, a research team to a network of citizen scientists, or one staff member to another, the Adler’s focus on meaningful connections dates back nearly a century. The museum typically hosts more than half a million visitors each year and reaches millions more through youth STEAM programs, neighborhood skywatching events, people-powered research, and other outreach efforts. Today, the Adler is bringing our unique approach—scientific exploration rooted in community and connection—to guests from around the world who can enjoy the digital Adler from their own homes, libraries, schools or offices. With the Adler’s support, people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities gain the confidence to explore their universe together and return to their communities ready to think critically and creatively about any challenge that comes their way. Keep looking up. We’re looking up with you.
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https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
External link for Adler Planetarium
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1930
- Specialties
- Space Science Museum
Locations
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Primary
1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605, US
Employees at Adler Planetarium
Updates
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The cosmos are kicking off the coziest season on Earth with all sorts of celestial treats! Check out some of this month’s sky observing highlights: 🍂 The harvest supermoon this month rises on 9/17, marking mid autumn in many parts of the world. 🌕 A partial lunar eclipse also joins the mid-autumn party, eclipsing around 10% of the harvest supermoon! 🌇The autumn equinox arrives on 9/22, bringing with it the phenomenon known as Chicagohenge from 9/19–9/22. 🪐 Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be visible throughout September! Learn more about how to see September’s stellar stargazing sights on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gZc4ayX8 🍁 #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy
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Nova: 🧑💼 Supernova: 🦸 #AdlerPlanetarium #AstronomyLovers
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Meet Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot a spacecraft AND command a space shuttle mission! 🚀 Collins’s drive from a young age and passion for flying is an inspiration for all future folks in STEAM! ✨ #AdlerPlanetarium #WomenInSTEM
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"You know, as a meteorologist, I've always told folks that I look up through the first 10 to 12 miles of our atmosphere, but that the astronomers, like those here at Adler Planetarium, take over after that and look at the vast expanse that is our universe." 💛 Now through September 5, Tom Skilling's Great Space Challenge is helping us raise $35,000 in support of our museum programming. Help us reach our goal: https://lnkd.in/g52ZHDUk #AdlerPlanetarium #Chicago #TomSkilling #ChicagoNonProfit
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We asked our astronomer, Dr. Geza Gyuk, an often asked question: how do we know we’re not living in a simulation? The answer? Not what we had hoped. 😅 What reality-shifting, existential crisis-inducing questions should we ask our astronomers next? ⬇️ #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy
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Meet this very demure, very cutesy, potentially habitable, super Earth! 😌 Kepler-22b is an exoplanet that lies 635 light-years away from us here on Earth. It looks a little familiar, doesn’t it? With potential clouds and oceans, Kepler-22b is one of the exoplanets we’ve discovered that is most similar to our home planet! It’s located smack-dab in the habitable zone of its star, meaning there is potential for liquid water. We’re still not sure if this world is watery or rocky, but we do know it is about twice the size of Earth with an orbital period of around 290 days—not too different from ours! 🌎 Exoplanets like Kepler-22b are sprinkled all across our universe, and each and every day, we discover more about them and find new ones altogether! Visit our brand new exhibit, Other Worlds, to learn more about planets within and beyond our solar system! Learn more about Other Worlds and get tickets now: https://lnkd.in/giu6fuTF 🌟 [ 🎨: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech ] #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy
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BIG NEWS. 🌦️ We're teaming up with Tom Skilling—former WGN meteorologist and long-time friend of the Adler—for an out-of-this-world online fundraiser! 💛 Now through September 5, Tom Skilling's Great Space Challenge is helping us raise $35,000 in support of our museum programming. The best part?! All donations will be TRIPLE matched by a generous donor to help us reach our goal: https://lnkd.in/g52ZHDUk #AdlerPlanetarium #TomSkilling #ChicagoNonProfit #Chicago
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YOU could be the first to discover a new planet or star! Think of adding that accomplishment to your resume. 🤩 The Adler Zooniverse project Planet Hunters: TESS uses data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite—AKA TESS—to discover new celestial objects in deep space. In this #CitizenScience project, you (yes, you!) could help discover something new by analyzing light curves from TESS. With your help, we can uncover tons of interesting planetary systems, allowing us to explore the formation and evolution of these worlds. Our findings may even bring us one step closer to answering the question that we have: are we alone in the universe? 😱 Start classifying and join the hunt for new planets and stars today: https://lnkd.in/dQreZwcA [ 🎨: Zooniverse ] #AdlerPlanetarium #Zooniverse #Astronomy
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FULL SUPER BLUE STURGEON MOON!! 🤯 We know, that's a lot of adjectives, but it's true! Tonight, 8/19, we have a full super blue sturgeon Moon. Let’s break that down so that when you look up tonight, you'll know exactly what makes this full Moon special: 🦸 A supermoon is a full Moon that occurs during the Moon’s closest approach to Earth in its orbit. Because of this, it will appear brighter and slightly bigger than a standard full Moon! 💙 A seasonal blue Moon is the third full Moon in an astronomical season that has four. Seasonal blue Moons only appear about once every two and a half years, but despite their name, they don't change the appearance of the Moon. 🐟 The sturgeon Moon is not an astronomical term, rather an affectionate nickname given to the August full Moon! The name originates from the bountiful sturgeon that can be caught in freshwater lakes at this time of year. For a supermoon to coincide with a blue Moon is a statistical rarity, so be sure to look up and catch this special full Moon tonight! 🔭 #AdlerPlanetarium #SkyObserving
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