Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ever since the Big Bang, everything in the universe has been in constant motion–including our Sun and the solar system with it. What does this mean for the constellations we see in the night sky? Curator Jackie Faherty discusses how over millions of years, the motion of the stars around us, and even our position in the Milky Way galaxy, will change the constellations we know and love, like Scorpius and Taurus. These changes are beautifully rendered in data visualization software OpenSpace and accompanied by visuals from the Hayden Planetarium’s new Space Show, Encounters in the Milky Way.
#astrophysics #constellations #space
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
© American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum.
Ever since the Big Bang, everything in the universe has been in constant motion–including our Sun and the solar system with it. What does this mean for the constellations we see in the night sky? Curator Jackie Faherty discusses how over millions of years, the motion of the stars around us, and even our position in the Milky Way galaxy, will change the constellations we know and love, like Scorpius and Taurus. These changes are beautifully rendered in data visualization software OpenSpace and accompanied by visuals from the Hayden Planetarium’s new Space Show, Encounters in the Milky Way.
#astrophysics #constellations #space
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
© American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum.
