It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms. It’s 1925, and a small crowd has ...

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As the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler Planetarium has garnered a reputation for feeling a bit dated in recent years. But the planetarium’s astrophysicists are working on “new ...

Employees of the Adler Planetarium announced this week that they have joined a union. The roughly 80 workers said Tuesday that they have formed the Adler Planetarium Workers United, or APWU, organized ...

Federal agents deploy chemical munitions at protesters outside the ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. Credit: Paul Goyette, CC BY 4.0 / Flickr Paul Ivery hugs his ...

Chicago has a way of making music feel bigger than sound. It’s in the air, the skyline, and woven into the city’s history — and on a warm Thursday night in July, the stars were shining on the Adler ...

It's not always easy to see the cosmos when you're in Chicago. But with a little help from the Adler Planetarium, you can see a sharper and brighter view of our universe. Ukraine and Europe Counter ...

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Chicago’s Adler Planetarium has a new CEO. Elizabeth Babcock will replace Michelle Larson who had the job for more ...

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The Adler Planetarium announced Elizabeth Babcock as its next CEO following a six-month search. Babcock comes to Chicago after serving most recently as director of the Smithsonian American Women’s ...

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus is now closed, but the Barlow Planetarium, 1478 Midway Road, Menasha, will reopen to the public Aug. 1. The Barlow Planetarium closed at the end ...

The Radford University Planetarium will hold a launch party on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, at its new facility in the new Center for the Science Building on the RU campus. “The launch party ...