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POSTDOC PLANETARIUM SHOW: Messengers of Time and Space

September 17 @ 4:45 pm 6:00 pm

All UNC-CH postdocs are invited to a free screening of the Morehead Planetarium show Messengers of Time and Space, which will be followed by a live tour of the Carolina night sky. Families are welcome to attend. Please arrive by 4:45 PM, as the show will begin promptly at 5:00 PM. Late entries cannot be admitted once the show has started.

About the show: Witness the revolution of astronomy! As we gaze upward with our unaided eyes, the sky appears as it did to our ancestors – a Universe seemingly calm and tranquil. Yet, we also know space to be an active place, where dynamic events can be observed unfolding — even on human timescales — including newly discovered asteroids, violent stellar explosions, and colliding black holes. Novel technologies are now exposing these fascinating ā€œtime-domain eventsā€ in unprecedented ways. This exciting show opens audiences to intriguing new discoveries made by an array of specialized telescopes and other instruments, unveiling the Universe as never before.

250 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States
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