Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Smithsonian executive Elizabeth Babcock has been tapped to lead the nation's oldest planetarium, the Adler Planetarium. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Adler Planetarium opened in 1930 as the first planetarium in the western hemisphere, and one of its main attractions was a star projector: the Zeiss Mark II. This year - after a ...

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New CEO takes over at Chicago's Iconic Adler Planetarium News Former Smithsonian executive Elizabeth Babcock has been tapped to lead the nation's oldest planetarium, the Adler Planetarium. The Chicago ...