The Searcher

Show Highlights

Encounter The Searcher, a visitor from another galaxy, and join him on an adventure through space and time as he searches for his lost civilization. This science fiction adventure is based on real science and features stunning visualizations of the formation of our Universe, the collision of two galaxies, a spectacular supernova explosion, and a supermassive black hole.  The Searcher was written by author and screenwriter, Nick Sagan, son of the famous astronomer Carl Sagan, and features the voice of Tony Award-winning actor, Billy Crudup.

Sponsors and Partners

The Searcher was a collaborative effort between the Adler Planetarium and the world’s leading scientists and visualizers of astronomical data. This unique partnership created an experience which was previously unavailable to the public. Some of the science, simulation, and visualization partners include: the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (Lead Visualization Partner); the University of California Santa Cruz; the Data Analysis and Visualization team in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division at NASA Ames Research Center; New Mexico State University; and the Astrophysics Institute Potsdam.