From Smithsonian to Chicago, New Adler CEO Aims to Usher in the Future at Nation's Oldest Planetarium

From Smithsonian to Chicago, new Adler CEO aims to usher in the future at nation's oldest planetarium

As the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler Planetarium has garnered a reputation for feeling a bit dated in recent years.But the planetarium’s astrophysicists are working on “new discoveries every day” around gravity waves, star formation, black holes and exoplanets, and more of that research deserves to be on display, said Elizabeth C. Babcock, the museum’s new president and CEO, who has moved back to Chicago after 15 years …

From Smithsonian to Chicago, new Adler CEO aims to usher in the future at nation’s oldest planetarium

As the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler Planetarium has garnered a reputation for feeling a bit dated in recent years. But the planetarium’s astrophysicists are working on “new discoveries every day” around gravity waves, star formation, black holes and exoplanets, and more of that research deserves to be on display, said Elizabeth C. Babcock, the museum’s new president and CEO, who has moved back to Chicago after 15 years…