Public Show - Unveiling the Invisible Universe

Name: Public Show - Unveiling the Invisible Universe
Start: 2025-02-20T19:15:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-20T20:30:00-06:00
Location: 700 North Mockingbird, Abilene, TX, United States, Texas 79603

Schedule

Thu Feb 20 2025 at 07:15 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

700 North Mockingbird, Abilene, TX, United States, Texas 79603 | Abilene, TX

Pricing is $5 per person. Seating capacity is 70 plus two wheelchair access seating areas. Cash only at the door. (We are working on adding an online ticket option!)
For thousands of years humans observed the light coming from the night sky with their eyes. In the beginning of the 17th century, the invention of the telescope by Galileo revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe. Finally, in the 20th century with the advent of rockets, it became possible to go above the earth’s atmosphere and observe X-ray and gamma ray radiation which are the marks of the hot and violent Universe. But it is not only light that can give us information about the cosmos. Neutrinos and cosmic rays also provide vital information. Finally, the detection by the LIGO experiment of gravitational waves from two merging black holes opened a new window in astrophysics. This video presents images of the cosmos as revealed by all these different messengers.
Release date: July 2021
Duration: 28 m 30 s
Film Director: Theofanis Matsopoulos
Narration: Gregory Patrick Karr