New exhibit opened October 27, 2012.
Looking beyond our cosmic neighborhood reveals that the distant Universe is filled with galaxies. Galaxies are vast collections of stars, gas, dust and dark matter held together by the gravity exerted by all these objects on each other. Galaxies come in a spectacular variety of sizes, shapes and patterns, from small assemblages of fewer than 1000 stars and no gas to giant systems with more than 10 trillion stars and even more dark matter. The beauty of galaxies' appearance is due to their dynamic nature. In this new exhibit we will explore just some of the properties of galaxies, and what we've learned about the Universe from studying them.
Sponsored by the Brown/NASA Northeast Planetary Data Center & The Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium
The Museum is open every day from 10:00am until 4:00pm, with last admission at 3:30pm. Museum admission is $2 (Free for children under 4 years old.) Some special programs have a separate admission. Planetarium Admission is $3 (No one under age 4 is permitted in the planetarium.) This includes entrance to the Museum and galleries.