Events

More than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane put physics and geometry at the core of his music.
Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander follows suit, using jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe. Inspired by his book, The Jazz of Physics, Alexander follows the great minds that first drew the links between music and physics - a list including Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, and Rakim — revealing that the ancient poetic idea of the “Music of the Spheres,” taken seriously, clarifies confounding issues in physics.

Our home system of planets has long been assumed to be typical of other planetary systems that we might one day discover. However, as the catalog of exoplanetary system discoveries has grown, we have begun to recognize the uniqueness of our Solar System. Join an exploration of intriguing theories devised to explain the formation of our family of planets.

This is an academic conference focused on astronomy.

Check out all the events at the Adler Planetarium. Some of them are live, interactive online.

Astronomy on Tap is a series of informal gathering at Chicago-area bars and restaurants. At each event, experience: scientific talks, updates on the latest astronomy news, and space-themed trivia. Hang out afterwards to enjoy a beer or two, and have a conversation with CIERA graduate students & postdocs about their research, your astronomy questions, or anything you’d like.

Check out all the events at Fermilab. Some of them are in-person or live, interactive online.

Check out all the events at the Cernan Earth and Space Center, on the Triton College campus in Building I.