IBEX Show

Show Highlights

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.

Resources

For more information about IBEX, visit the mission website.

Educator Materials

Many educational handouts, posters, games and website sections that relate to the planetarium show have been developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission.

Visit the Planetaria section to find handouts, posters, and ideas for demonstrations and activities.

Visit the Educators section to learn more about The GEMS Space Science Curriculum Sequence, sponsored by IBEX.

Visit the Students section to learn more about the mission and the science it will investigate in a FAQ format.

Sponsors and Partners

IBEX is the most recently-launched mission of NASA's series of low-cost, rapidly developed Small Explorers spacecraft. The Southwest Research Institute, led by Principal Investigator David McComas, Ph.D., leads the IBEX mission that includes a team of national and international partners. The IBEX's Education and Public Outreach efforts are led by the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, IL.

The Adler worked with NASA and SwRI to produce the space showIBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System with visualizations from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System has been funded by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission. For more information please visit the Official IBEX website.