Encounters in the Milky Way–Now Open! @AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory
Encounters in the Milky Way–Now Open!  @AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe in the new Hayden Planetarium Space Show, Encounters in the Milky Way, opening June 9 at the American Museum of Natural History.

Narrated by actor Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way reaches billions of years into the past and peers millions of years into the future for a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood, including the paths of stars, comets, interstellar debris, and visually stunning gas and dust clouds.

Get a front-row seat to spectacular moments in our solar system’s past and future in Encounters in the Milky Way.

Encounters in the Milky Way was developed with the major support and partnership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

With deep gratitude to Van Cleef & Arpels

Generously sponsored by Robert and Kristin Peck
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