TED Ed: Why is the Milky Way a Spiral?

Name: TED Ed: Why is the Milky Way a Spiral?
Director: Josh O’Caoimh
Genre: Animation
Released: 2024-09-19
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Addison Anderson

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2024 · 5 min · Animation

Overview

Thirteen billion years ago, the gas and dust particles that eventually became our Milky Way were whizzing around in every direction. Despite the wild motion of its parts, the galaxy as a whole was rotating about an axis. So why did the Milky Way, like most galaxies, become flat, and not spherical like stars and planets?

Directed by Josh O’Caoimh

Cast

Addison Anderson — Narrator