KAVLI FULLDOME LECTURE SERIES
BRINGING SCIENTIFIC DATA TO LIFE
This unique lecture series pairs leading scientists with the Adler Planetarium’s Space Visualization Group to bring you frontier research like you’ve never seen it before.
This unique lecture series pairs leading scientists with the Adler Planetarium’s Space Visualization Group to bring you frontier research like you’ve never seen it before.
We take raw data—the stuff of spreadsheets—and turn it into a stunning visual journey to the very edge of human knowledge that is delivered live via domecast technology and YouTube 360 to individuals all around the world. The material is more accessible than what you’ll find in a scientific journal, but the science is far from settled. You may leave with more questions than you had when you came in. In fact, we hope you do, because questions like yours are the engine of scientific progress. Whether you’re an academic or a layperson who loves learning, the Kavli Lectures challenge you to see every unsolved cosmic mystery as a chance to discover something new.
Our speakers have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to our understanding of the Universe. Their research takes us places we’ve never been—to the outskirts of our Solar System, the beginning of time, or the far-flung planets that may harbor life. They are deep thinkers and excellent communicators, ideally suited to the task at hand: leading us into the unknown.
Drs. Laura Trouille and Chris Lintott of Zooniverse.org shared unexpected discoveries that have helped us to explore what we know—and what we don’t—about our dynamic Universe at their lecture “A Universe of Surprises” in November 2019.
Our speakers have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to our understanding of the Universe. Their research takes us places we’ve never been—to the outskirts of our Solar System, the beginning of time, or the far-flung planets that may harbor life. They are deep thinkers and excellent communicators, ideally suited to the task at hand: leading us into the unknown.
Even if you can’t make it to the Adler, a satellite location, or a viewing party, there are many ways to join us on a journey of scientific discovery.
Become a citizen scientist with Zooniverse (a joint project of the Adler and Oxford University in the UK).
See how our knowledge of exoplanets has evolved with an interactive tool designed by the Adler’s Space Visualization Team which features data from Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger’s lecture, “Are We Alone in the Universe?”