On March 7th at 2pm you can explore new worlds at the Jordan Planetarium! The presentation is going to be very informative and explains things that you don't hear about in everyday conversation such as the science of detecting planets and the way that NASA's new space probe, Kepler, can see far beyond our wildest dreams. They say astronomers have found upwards of 300 planets orbiting around really distant stars but most are hardly visible. It also will show you how the discover "invisible" worlds and what the alien life on them must be. I've never been to a planetarium but this sounds like pretty cool stuff to me. The Jordan Planetarium is located on the second floor of Wingate Hall. The planetarium has a 20 foot dome suspended over 45 seats that shows approximately 1000 stars, planets, and other celestial objects to over 8,000 visitors every year.
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