Into Space Nightlife

In honor of humanity's efforts to explore the final frontier, NightLife celebrates space and space exploration this week.  Check out the live view through NASA's GLAST Optical Robotic Telescope (GORT for short), which views gamma rays, allowing scientists to discover exoplanets and answer persistent questions about supermassive black-hole systems, pulsars, and much more. Try your hand at steering through the cosmos using innovative World Wide Telescope technology. The software brings together the latest imagery with 3D-navigation and kinect technology, allowing users to navigate the Universe with gestures, rather than a controller.  In the planetarium, catch a live performance called The Kepler Project at 6:30 and 7:30, which tells the story of Johannes Kepler's brilliant contributions during the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century through a combination of multimedia and live performance. Plus, catch Star Trek (2009) in the Forum Theater, a short program on the Kepler mission in the planetarium lobby, a special showing of Fragile Planet at 8:30, and intimate tours of the night sky and the Universe in the mini-planetarium dome. Music by Space Cowboys.

21 and over.