Mapping the Milky Way. That's something we've been trying to do for hundreds of years. We only realized there were other galaxies out there a hundred years ago. The great debate in the 1920s was all about are we alone or are there other island universes? And it turns out there are. But we did know long before that that we were in this collection of bright points of light.
Is it time to update the constellations? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen dive into astrophysics, folklore, and our ancient connection to the stars with astrophysicist Moiya McTier, Ph.D.
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