Straddling the night sky, the Milky Way reminds us of ourplace in the galaxy we call home. But what shaped this giantspiral of stars, and what will be its destiny? NOVA travelsback in time to unlock the turbulent story of our cosmicneighborhood, from its birth in a whirling disk of clouds anddust to colossal collisions with other galaxies. Finally, peerinto the future to watch the Milky Way's ultimate fate as itcollides with the Andromeda galaxy, over 4 billion years fromnow.
