A celebration in the stars! 🤩 When the skies are lighting up with fireworks tonight, remember that the cosmos are celebrating with their very own stellar light shows. Wishing everyone in the Milky Way and beyond a happy #IndependenceDay! 🎉 [ 📷: The Firework Nebula, the remnants of Nova Persei 1901. NASA/ Chandra X-ray Observatory ] #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy
Adler Planetarium
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Chicago, IL 8,369 followers
1st planetarium in the Western Hemisphere! 🔭 Look up with us. ⭐️ We're open!
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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Start your holiday weekend off with some cosmic fun at Adler at Night! 🎆 We’re open and free for Illinois residents, every Wednesday night, all year long! BONUS: stop by and say hi to our friends at NASCAR before this weekend’s big races! ⭐ Adler at Night is presented by NASCAR. #AdlerPlanetarium #ChicagoMuseum
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Get your rocket popsicles ready, we're launching into July at the speed of light! Be sure to catch some of this month’s stellar stargazing sights! 🚀 ☀️ On 7/5, Earth reaches aphelion—AKA the farthest point in its orbit from the Sun. Even though we’re 3 million miles farther from the Sun than we were in January, it won’t affect the summer heat. 🪐 Several planets will be visible this month: Jupiter returns, Mars and Saturn shine bright, and lucky stargazers may even get a Mercury sighting! 🌝 The full buck Moon rises on 7/21, reaching its peak at 5:17 am CDT. ✨ Mars and Jupiter reach a conjunction on 7/31, appearing only 6 degrees apart in the early morning sky. Find out everything you need to know for stargazing in July 2024 on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gkuW_Cpy #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy #SkyObserving
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If you’re a billionaire with a post-asteroid-apocalypse bunker, please hit our line. We need a place to wait out the endless winter. ☄️ #AdlerPlanetarium #AsteroidDay
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🗞️EXTRA EXTRA! 🗞️ Earlier this month, the Adler Planetarium’s Director of Zooniverse, Samantha Blickhan, sat down with WBEZ Chicago to talk about all things #CitizenScience. Listen to her interview and learn how you can participate in real scientific research this summer: https://bit.ly/3xD33In #AdlerPlanetarium #Zooniverse
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Collect them all! ✨ While not the most rare or oldest pieces in our collection, these pins highlight a unique moment in American culture. From the 1950s–70s, the American zeitgeist was marked by the ambitious goal of space exploration. 🚀 Organizations like NASA worked hard to make everyday Americans feel invested in these programs—and it worked! These pins symbolize the cultural buy-in to the missions. To this day, space exploration remains an important part of American history and culture. Have you seen any of these pins before? 🤔 #AdlerPlanetarium #AstronomyLovers
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⚠️STELLAR CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ⚠️ The whole team is busy at work on our new exhibit, Other Worlds! Globes and meteorites are moving, graphics are being installed, and of course the Star had to get in on some of the action! ✨ (Don’t worry, the Star is not allowed to actually touch anything important.) #AdlerPlanetarium #ChicagoMuseum
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Tastes like strawberries on a summer evening! 🎶 The first full Moon of the summer rises tonight, 6/21, reaching its peak around 8:07 pm CDT. 🌕 Its name, the full strawberry Moon, marks the season when strawberries typically reach peak ripeness. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the nickname was used by Native American tribes that live in the northeastern United States to identify strawberry gathering season. 🍓 #AdlerPlanetarium #Astronomy
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It feels like summer! ☀️🎶 Solstices feel extra special for us at the Adler with Americas’ Courtyard right in our own backyard. This sculpture, made by artists Denise Milan and Ary Perez, honors humankind’s connection with the sky. Every summer and winter solstice, the Sun rises and sets perfectly within the pathways of America’s courtyard. 🌅 Visit us this summer and experience Americas’ Courtyard for yourself! https://lnkd.in/gt93VBCE #AdlerPlanetarium #ChicagoMuseum #Solstice
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Wonder woman Katherine Johnson played a fundamental role in some of NASA’s most important missions. From calculating Alan Shepard’s safe trajectory home, to allowing John Glenn to feel confident orbiting the Earth, Johnson’s mathematical skills left an amazing mark on American space exploration. #AdlerPlanetarium #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy