Starting in Asia and extending to the limits of human understanding, The Known Universe is a journey through the cosmos created by the American Museum of Natural History as part of the 2009-2010 Rubin Museum exhibition Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe. Created using the Hayden Planetarium’s Digital Universe Atlas, the world’s most complete map of the observable Universe, the visualisation serves as both an astounding tour of our cosmos and a tribute to centuries of scientific observation and accomplishment.
A journey from the Himalayas to the edge of our cosmic horizon in space and time
31 March 2017
videoAstronomy
Visualisations explore what the deep future holds for our night sky
6 minutes
videoAstronomy
What our eyes miss in the sky – stargazing beyond the visible light spectrum
3 minutes
videoCosmology
The classic 1977 film that put the vastness of the universe into perspective
9 minutes
videoCosmology
Deep time and beyond: the great nothingness at the end of the Universe
29 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Embark on an operatic, interactive journey to a witness the birth of a star
6 minutes
videoHistory of science
How we came to know the size of the Universe – and what mysteries remain
26 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets
31 minutes
videoHistory of science
Prelude to the space age – the 1960 film that inspired ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
28 minutes
videoCosmology
Building ‘bigger and better’ has pushed cosmology forward. Can it take it any further?
7 minutes