Encounters in the Milky Way
Encounters in the Milky Way was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org) with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Planetarium Showing until 12/20 at 1:00 PM
Show Description - "Encounters in the Milky Way" brings audiences on a time-traveling journey to witness some of the chance encounters that have shaped the destiny of the cosmos. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, this is the first AMNH Space Show to present the story of cosmic motion and how that impacts our solar system. Reaching billions of years into the past and peering millions of years into the future, this time-traveling journey is made possible by data from one of the most transformative astronomical projects of the past century: the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. In addition to tracing the paths of stars, comets, interstellar debris, and visually stunning gas and dust clouds, "Encounters in the Milky Way" shows, for the first time, the dramatic merger of our galaxy with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy.
Recommended for ages 4 and up.
Run time: 35 minutes
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