Vue lecture

Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.

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Carter Emmart, director of astro-visualization at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium.

Scientific Dreams in the Balance

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are enacted, many such journeys may never get started.

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A model of the Giant Magellan Telescope at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.
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