The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization

American Museum of Natural History
9 HN recommenders · recommended in 8 months, 2009–2021
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A visualization from the American Museum of Natural History that flies outward from Earth through the solar system and galaxy to the edge of the observable universe, using astronomical survey data.

HN people share it as a mind-boggling, eye-opening sense of cosmic scale, often alongside other scale-of-the-universe visualizations.

“A pretty mind boggling video on the same theme”
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@_Microft2021 · in “The Known Universe by the American Museum of Natural History (2009) [video]”
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@markrankin2020 · in “The Known Universe by AMNH”
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@bane2014 · in “The Known Universe by AMNH”
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@altrego992012 · in “100,000 stars”
I am guessing you have liked this too - ▶ this video Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me. It's almost the Total Perspective Vortex.
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@moblivu2011 · in “The scale of the universe, and everything”
Seriously, it amazed me everything. You see everything life, from he mesh that holds the very matter to the limits of the universe; and you can control the hole this, with a Flash slider. Reminds me of the "Known Universe video from AMNH" So eye opening: ▶ this video
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@herrherr2010 · in “Ask HN: Do you believe we'll ever encounter aliens?”
Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History: ▶ this video - It makes me think that we cannot be the only society in the universe - But it also makes be think that it is unlikely that we will find them in the near future or vice versa
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@superted2010 · in “The universe is a very big place”
A pretty mind boggling video on the same theme: ▶ this video
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@lrm2422009 · in “The Known Universe [video]”
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@someperson2009 · in “Scale of the Universe”
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@fbhabbed2020 · in “Powers of Ten (1977, Video)”
Interesting to see how far we have become in knowledge of outer space and rendering capabilities as can be seen in more recent videos such as ▶ this video
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