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  2. How the Universe Works - Wikipedia

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    Earth's journey through the universe is a perilous one, and new discoveries reveal that the planet is heading toward a mysterious area of the cosmos that could eject us out of the Milky Way and into oblivion.

  3. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

  4. Night on the Galactic Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Night on the Galactic Railroad (銀河鉄道の夜, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars or Fantasy Railroad in the Stars, [1] is a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published by Bunpodō (文圃堂) in 1934 as ...

  5. The Universe (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Release. May 29, 2007. ( 2007-05-29) –. May 23, 2015. ( 2015-05-23) [1] The Universe is an American documentary television series that features computer-generated imagery and computer graphics of astronomical objects in the universe plus interviews with experts who study in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics.

  6. Laniakea Supercluster - Wikipedia

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    The Laniakea Supercluster (/ ˌ l ɑː n i. ə ˈ k eɪ. ə /; Hawaiian for "open skies" or "immense heaven") is the galaxy supercluster that is home to the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies.

  7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hexagonal Phase (2018) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [a] [b] is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text ...

  8. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    Tyson contrasts these scientific approaches to understanding the galaxy compared to what earlier civilizations had done, and considers this advancement as humankind's first steps into exploring the universe. The episode ends with an animation of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies' merging based on the principles of Newton's laws.

  9. The Planets and Beyond - Wikipedia

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    The episode consists entirely of segments broadcast previously in The Planets and Beyond episodes "Alien Galaxies: The Strange Secrets" (Season 2 Episode 6) and "Milky Way: the Monster Inside" (Season 2 Episode 3).

  10. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia

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    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part, 1980-1981 television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter.It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, and directed by the producers, David Oyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, and others.

  11. Standing Up in the Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    In this episode, Tyson takes a tour of the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy, explores the life of Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno and his vision of the cosmos, goes through a Cosmic Calendar from the beginning of the universe until the present, and ends with a tribute to Carl Sagan.