Night sky update & film: Phantom of the Universe
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Explore what Stars and Planets you can see in tonight’s sky. Then enjoy the film: Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter
Discover the Night Sky: Join us for a guided tour of the cosmos. Learn to identify the stars, planets, and constellations visible tonight and master simple techniques for navigating the heavens.
Film: “Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter”
Take a journey of discovery, following the efforts of scientists around the world as they try to unlock the mystery of Dark Matter. Starting with its creation during the Big Bang, the role of dark matter in the formation of galaxies and thus ourselves is explored, highlighting its discovery from its effects on the motions of stars and galaxies. The visitor is then brought back thousands of feet below the earth’s surface where teams of scientists are building extremely sensitive experiments to detect the very rare direct interactions of dark matter particles with normal matter. Finally, the visitor is taken on a whirlwind tour of the gigantic CERN laboratory where beams of protons are hurled together in head on collisions in an attempt to create new dark matter particles for study.
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