With its real life spacecraft and other impressive extraterrestrial paraphernalia, Science Museum is about as close as you can get to going to actual space within walking distance of the Piccadilly line. And your proximity to the cosmos is about to increase a heck of a lot with the arrival of this 40-minute free-roaming VR experience, which will take you into the deepest and most spectacular parts of the galaxy.
Recently debuted in Washington DC, and developed in tandem with the US’s flagship Smithsonian Museum and its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Science Museum’s latest attraction has some real scientific credentials, so while the literally otherworldly scenes of space you find yourself stepping into are digitally crafted, they’re meticulously crafted on the backs of decades of real scientific data, rather than just AI slop.
Your journey starts off with a tour of our world’s observatories before heading up to the Hubble Space Telescope… and then far beyond. Diving headlong into the cosmos – we’re told you will ‘witness the birth and death of stars, explore distant galaxies, and come face-to-face with a black hole’. Just don’t go falling in.
