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Always looking up - at the sky above and with our stellar team at the Adler Planetarium. #DarkSkies #LookUp Tweets are my voice, not my employer

Chicago, IL
Joined January 2013
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
⭐️ We've got a stellar Adler @the_zooniverse project update! Tag Along With Adler—the #CitizenScience project that is working towards making our digital collections catalogue more inclusive and easier to search—is now 66.7% complete! 👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻 Learn more: bit.ly/3vkOd2j
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Y.O.L.O.—Youth Organization For Lights Out—is an @adlerteens program that works to raise awareness about #LightPollution. ⭐️🔭 Learn more about Y.O.L.O. & their adventure to the first designated Illinois @IDADarkSky Park in 2019: bit.ly/3ulRjmg #InternationalDarkSkyWeek
Let's talk about #LightPollution. 💡 Did you know that 80% of the US population cannot see the Milky Way because of light pollution? 🙁 This #InternationalDarkSkyWeek, learn about this problem and how you can protect our dark night skies 🌌: bit.ly/39Jlb4c @IDADarkSky
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
This was so much fun. Thanks to the @AdlerPlanet for letting 317 pilot today! – at Chicago, IL
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
The moon 🌙 the stars 💫 and the cosmos 🪐 are coming to Art on theMART beginning April 1! Join us for "Astrographics," a work created in partnership with @AdlerPlanet that explores what lies beyond our solar system. More info at artonthemart.com/spring-2021 timeout.com/chicago/art/art-…
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Ready for some "out-of-this-world" programming? 🌌 We are excited to announce “Astrographics,” a piece developed in collaboration with @AdlerPlanet premiering April 1. Learn more about Adler Planetarium's "Astrographics" by visiting artonthemart.com/spring-2021
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
“I hope I can inspire other young women into the field. It’s a field that has so many pleasures, and if you are passionate about the science, there’s so much that can be done.” - Andrea Ghez speaking at today’s press conference where her #NobelPrize in Physics was announced.
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
⭐️ From your living room, happening THIS WEEKEND! ⭐️ Register to attend the Pre-Party for #AdlerCBall to gain access to some pretty stellar drink recipes 🍹, a Spotify playlist 🎶, and more right before the main event begins at 6:30pm! Help us raise $1M+: bit.ly/3ivNzJ8
Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Sneak peek! 🤩 At #AdlerCBall on 9/12, we'll give you an up close look at some of our most unique astronomical objects, just like this beautiful star atlas from 1661! 📖 Support your favorite #Chicago planetarium at our biggest fundraiser of the year 💛: bit.ly/3ivNzJ8
Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
You’re invited! ✨ This year, our biggest annual fundraiser is going totally digital! 💛 Join us on September 12 as we celebrate the last 90 years of #space science at the planetarium with a donation or registration to #AdlerCBall: bit.ly/3ivNzJ8
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Adler #Astronomy Live HAS IT ALL! 👏 Our new series features diverse voices in STEM, stellar #astrographics & more! The next episode (8/13 at 12pm CT) will show you what it takes to map a billion stars 🤯⭐️🔭. Watch this snippet from the episode about exoplanets 🌎... #AskAdler
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
🌕 As we look up at the #FullMoon tonight, we’re thinking about the words our founder, Max Adler, said in 1930. “In our reflections, we dwell … too infrequently upon the truth that under the heavens everything is inter-related, even as each of us to the other.” 🌌 #LookUp
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Today demands we take pride not only in reaching the sky, but also sustained heights of decency, truth, compassion and justice for all, now! #WeStandWithYou #icantbreathe
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
We have liftoff. History is made as @NASA_Astronauts launch from @NASAKennedy for the first time in nine years on the @SpaceX Crew Dragon:
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
It's #CitizenScience Month, so we're celebrating with @scifri and Adler @the_zooniverse! 👩‍💻👨‍💻 From exploring Mars' south pole to studying raccoons 🦝, next week will be jam packed with tons of #citsci fun: bit.ly/2S3Tr1m
Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Blastoff into the cosmos with Space From Home! 🚀 In this new weekly email series from your friendly neighborhood planetarium, you will find good news, stories from our community, and ways to stay connected even at a (social) distance. ⭐️ 🏡 Sign up: bit.ly/2VwaOsG
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Secrets, secrets are no fun until Chris shares them with everyone. ✨ Today, our #collections manager is letting us in on a little secret about the strips and sensors you see in our astronomical artifact cases. 🔭 #MuseumFromHome – at Chicago, IL
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
Know anyone with big data sets related to COVID-19 who need people power to work through them?#CitizenScience @the_zooniverse can help! Our 2M citizen scientists are ready for any research team working with data related to the coronavirus. Send info to [email protected].
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
A new brand 90 years in the making. #Adler90th 💛 In celebration of our 90th anniversary, we've launched a new logo and brand identity! For the past several years we have worked hard to create an identity that better represents our personality and mission: bit.ly/30EQ1Ft
Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
🌃 Welcome to #ChicagosNightSky! As long as people have walked the Earth, they’ve looked to the sky as a creative muse, a constant companion, and a gateway to the mysteries of our Universe. Connect to the sky we all share, and #LookUp with us. ⭐️
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Michelle Larson, PhD retweeted
This Saturday, from 1230-130pm, @AdlerPlanet teens will be at the Museum sharing their adventure to find a submerged meteor in Lake Michigan. htrnews.com/story/entertainm…
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