Tour the Universe

KICP/Adler/Science Chicago/Science Saturday Tour of the Universe at Adler price $7 JANUARY 17, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM KICP Tours of the Universe: Big Questions Big Glass Tour ADLER PLANETARIUM AND ASTRONOMY MUSEUM, SPACE VISUALIZATION LAB, 1300 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO (312-922-7827) Join University of Chicago astronomers Dr. Hsiao-Wen Chen and Dr. Mike Gladders on a guided tour of some of the biggest unanswered questions in astrophysics today. Explore the world's largest telescopes (the big glass) and the mysteries they are being used to explore (e.g. the nature of dark matter, dark energy, and the nature of the universe itself). See how gamma-ray bursts, explosive fireballs, which foreshadow the birth of black holes at edge of the known universe, are being used to probe the local universe. See how massive clusters of galaxies thousands of times larger than our own Milky Way can gravitationally magnify our view of the distant universe. With the mapmakers as your guides, examine cosmic maps and learn what they reveal about the earliest moments of the universe. We will visit the remotest reaches of our universe and all places in between - including the observatories where we conduct our research and their telescopes, the miracle machines, which can unlock fundamental mysteries of our universe. This special event is a joint partnership between the Kavli institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago and The Adler Planetarium. No registration required. All ages. Free with paid admission to Adler. Visit: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/svl/index.shtml .