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."
Daily Show Times:
10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 4:00 p.m.

Opened March 14, 2008.
Shown in the Adler's newly renovated 3-D Universe Theater, this animated, heart-warming story combines a thrilling space adventure with one of the most amazing moments in human history - the first Apollo Moon landing. Daily Show Times:
10:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m.

Now Open.
Shoot for the Moon at the Adler Planetarium! This new permanent exhibition highlights the exciting stories of space exploration and America's bold plans to return to the Moon. The exhibition begins with A Journey with Jim Lovell, featuring the fully–restored Gemini 12 spacecraft and the Lovell Collection of personal space artifacts. In Mission: Moon, young visitors discover the thrills and dangers of being an explorer and imagine their own futures in space.

The Adler has launched the most immersive, hands-on exhibition ever created for families at the museum. The exhibition Planet Explorers offers a great space adventure packed with excitement and fun. Each child becomes a space explorer and embarks on an awe-inspiring journey through the Universe to the mysterious Planet X.

Location: Upper Level

Appropriate for: Families with children ages 3-8

The Adler’s Galaxy Wall is the largest, most complete view of our galaxy — the Milky Way — ever made.

Location: Lower Level

Appropriate for: All ages

Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass presents the technology used to gather information about the Universe. Featuring some of the world's most important telescopes and one-of-a-kind hands-on interactives, the exhibition explores the extraordinary beauty and technology of these amazing instruments and the objects they enable us to discover.

Location: Lower Level

Appropriate for: All ages

CyberSpace features computer-based interactive exhibitions, VisionStations providing realistic immersive experiences of the Universe, and up-to-date information on current astronomy.

Location: Lower Level (see map)

Appropriate for: Ages 8 and up

Our Solar System is much more than a star and eight planets. Explore the many worlds — planets, moons, dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids — that orbit the Sun. Drive a rover that's examining the surface of Mars or shoot projectiles into a soft surface to size up the craters they leave behind.

Location: Upper Level (see map)

Appropriate for: All ages

Learn about a time in history when people believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe. The exhibit features spectacular astrolabes, armillary spheres, and sundials to illustrate the medieval European and Middle Eastern conception of the Universe.

Location: Lower Level (see map)

Appropriate for: Ages 8 and up