Definiti Space Theater
Shows in the Definiti® Space Theater provide an exciting experience in a virtual reality environment that launches you into the outer reaches of space.
The Adler Planetarium does not offer advance ticket sales.
Show tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the Adler box office.
Times are subject to change without notice. Please call 312-922-STAR (7827) for most up-to-date showtimes.
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy in IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System.
Designed for visitors with an appreciation for the challenges of space science and a desire to learn more about science research, IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System follows the creation of NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). Audiences will get an in-depth look at the mission and how IBEX is collecting high-speed atoms to create a map of our Solar System's boundary.
Narrated by two inquisitive teenagers, audiences will hear from the scientists and engineers that developed the IBEX mission and created the spacecraft, and get the latest updates on the mission's discoveries.
Daily Show Times:
10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
Learn more about this show, including educator resources, on the IBEX page.
For more information about IBEX, visit the mission website at http://ibex.swri.edu.
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure is an original planetarium show based on the popular children's show Sesame Street. Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, take viewers on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun and the Moon.
Daily Show Times:
10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Learn more about this show on the One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure page.
Narrated by award-winning actor, director, and producer Robert Redford, Cosmic Collisions launches visitors on an awe-inspiring trip through space and time-well beyond the calm face of the night sky-to explore the hypersonic impacts that drive the continuing evolution of the Universe. This new space show focuses on the full range of collisions, from catastrophic planetary impacts and the merging of massive galaxies to the continual explosions occurring in the center of the Sun and the incessant barrage of small ionized particles in the solar wind ricocheting off Earth's magnetic field creating other-worldly conditions called "space weather."
Watch the trailer!
Daily Show Times:
11:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m.
11:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m.
Please be advised:
On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, there will be no 5:30 p.m. showing of Cosmic Collisions.
On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, there will be no 5:30 p.m. showing of Cosmic Collisions.
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