In Search Of Our Cosmic Origins is currently not scheduled, but is available for private group showings.

Running time is 30 minutes. The show will be followed by an optional short survey of the current night sky.

Admission:
(All prices include Museum Admission)
Adults (19 yrs and over): $8.00, Children (5-18 yrs) $5.50
Young Children (4 and under) $2.50
Friends of the Museum Adults (with Membership Card): $2.50
Friends of the Museum Children: $2.00
Faculty, Staff and Students of UNL (with valid UNL ID): $3.00
AAM/ASTC Members(with member card): $3.00
Employees of Nebraska museums (with staff ID): $3.00
Tickets are sold at the front desk of the Museum

Presentation of "In Search Of Our Cosmic Origins" at Mueller Planetarium is made possible by the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum
www.friendsofthemuseum.org

"In search of our Cosmic Origins" is an inspiring show, introducing ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ALMA is a revolutionary astronomical telescope, comprising a state-of-the-art array of 66 giant 12-meter and 7-meter diameter antennas observing at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.


About 400 years ago, in Padua, Italy, Galileo observed the sky with a new instrument, the telescope, and our view of the world was transformed.

Follow our guide, the astronomer Ariane, on two interwoven journeys, through the Chilean Andes and through the Universe. Discover how astronomers are continuing Galileo's quest to understand the Universe. The show is beautifully presented, with amazing astronomical images and extremely realistic 3D computer renderings.

Ariane takes us on a journey from ALMA's unique site high in Chile's arid Atacama region, through our Milky Way and onward to some of the most distant galazies, seen as they were in the early Universe. Closer to home, we learn about the formation of stars and planets, and how ALMA will help us answer questions about our origins.
ALMA is the leading telescope for observing the cool Universe - the relic radiation of the Big Bang, and the molecular gas and dust that constitute the building blocks of stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and life itself.