Experience galaxy, its history and future, and the dynamic changes that are constantly taking place
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Begegnungen in der Milchstraße
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe.
Reaching billions of years into the past and peering millions of years into the future, *Encounters in the Milky Way* is a journey through time exploring the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood.
Narrated by Pedro Pascal, witness spectacular moments in our solar system’s past and future, including the paths of stars, comets, interstellar debris, and visually stunning gas and dust clouds—and, visualized for the first time, a dramatic, ongoing merger of our galaxy with a smaller satellite galaxy.
Developed by a team that includes astronomers, science visualization experts, and artists, *Encounters in the Milky Way* is made possible by data from one of the most transformative projects of the past century: the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, dubbed the “billion-star survey” for mapping the precise positions, distances, and motions of nearly 2 billion stars in our galaxy.
“Encounters in the Milky Way” was developed by the American Museum of Natural History (amnh.org) with major support and in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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