The new Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History is ready to greet the public and, as you can see from these night photos, it’s a real beauty. “The Planetarium, as well as the ‘Big Bang Theater’ — a dramatic re-creation of the first minutes of the origins of the universe — is situated inside a sphere 87 feet in diameter, which appears to float in a glass-walled cube.” It is part of the new Rose Center for Earth and Space. A beautiful structure for an awe-inspiring subject.