The Known Universe takes viewers from the
Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of
space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star,
planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because
of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of
the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is
maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the
American Museum of Natural History. The new film,
created by the Museum, is part of an exhibition,
Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an
Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in
Manhattan through May 2010.