RU Planetarium Show: Cosmic Collisions
Venue: Radford University Planetarium, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

Description:
The Radford University Planetarium presents Cosmic Collisions.

With the February 14th asteroid that landed in Russia, and Asteroid 2012 DA14 whizzing by Earth on February 15th, people have been talking about cosmic collions. How often do such things happen? Is "the big one" coming soon? Should we be worried? Are such collisions actually beneficial to us in some sense? How often does cosmic debris hit Earth?

From subatomic particles to the largest galaxies, cosmic collisions are a universal force of nature. Creative and destructive, dynamic and dazzling, collisions have resulted in many things we take for granted — the glowing Moon, the Sun's warmth and light, our changing seasons, waves washing up on a sandy shore. They've ended the age of the dinosaurs and changed the very map of the cosmos, reforming galaxies and giving birth to new stars and new worlds. "Cosmic Collisions" provides an unprecedented and extraordinary view of these catastrophic and constructive events that have shaped our world and our universe.

"Cosmic Collisions" was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Denver Museum of Nature &Science; GOTO Inc., Tokyo, Japan; and the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, China. This show was developed with the major support and partnership of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science Mission Directorate, Heliophysics Division.

The RU Planetarium is located on the ground floor of Curie Hall in Room 43.

Due to the construction of the new Center for the Sciences building, please enter the conjoined buildings Reed and Curie Halls through the Reed Hall entrance, on the main campus side. Go to the back of the building, take the elevator down one floor, and the planetarium will be the second door to your right after you get off the elevator.

For more information on the Planetarium, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/csat/home/ru-planetarium.html

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