Planetarium: in Search of Our Cosmic Origins November 17, 2010

Follow the young astronomer Ariane on a telescopic journey from the world's largest array of telescopes high up in Chile's Atacama mountain region through the Milky Way Galaxy and onward to some of the most distant, young galaxies ever seen in the early universe. The ALMA, or Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array, is the leading telescope for observing the remnants of the Big Bang and the molecular gas and dust that constitute the building blocks of stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and life itself. You will learn not only about the formation of stars and planets, but how ALMA will help us answer questions about our origins.