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    The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization

    American Museum of Natural History

    3 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2010–2020

    YouTube

    6:31 · 17M views · Dec 15, 2009

    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.

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

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @moblivuApr 2011· 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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    2. @herrherrAug 2010· 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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    3. @altrego99Nov 2012· 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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    4. @fbhabbedMar 2020· 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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