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The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization

American Museum of Natural History · demo · Watch on YouTube

Data visualization & information designCosmology & astrophysics

What it is

The American Museum of Natural History's film flies from the Himalayas out through the atmosphere and solar system to the afterglow of the Big Bang, using its Digital Universe Atlas four-dimensional map.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people share it as an eye-opening, moving visualization of the scale of the universe.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History”

    Visualization of the known universe suggesting we are not alone.

    herrherr, 2010-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Do you believe we'll ever encounter aliens?”

  2. “So eye opening”

    Eye-opening tour of the known universe.

    moblivu, 2011-04 · Recommendation · in “The scale of the universe, and everything”

  3. “Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me.”

    Non-interactive but moving view of the universe's scale.

    altrego99, 2012-11 · Recommendation · in “100,000 stars”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: astronomy, data visualization, scale of the universe, amnh, space

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