What kind of Planetarium can you build for $14M US Dollars?  Apparently, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.  Boasting 42 NVidia Quadro GPU’s and 20 high-resolution projectors, they project a massive 64-megapixel 190-degree display onto the 71-foot dome.

“Our goal was to create an experience that was the closest you could get to outer space travel,” said Paul H. Knappenberger Jr., the Adler’s president. “We want visitors to feel like they are really traveling through the universe to see galaxies collide and witness stars and planets being born.”

So what do you sho won this?  Right now they’re showing some high-resolution space simulation results from NASA Ames Research Center that generated 400 Terabytes of data.

via Adler Planetarium – World’s Most Advanced Digital Theater.