The Universe was a planned artificial archipelago in the shape of the Milky Way and Solar System, to be built on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
[1] The project plan was put on hold indefinitely in 2009, and later removed from developer's website.
The project was announced in January 2008 by the developer Nakheel Properties, which also built the Palm Islands and The World archipelago.
[3][4] The dredging companies Van Oord and Jan de Nul planned to create up to 3,000 hectares of land.
[3] In 2009, Nakheel's website listed The Universe as a "future project".