This scientific visualization traverses the vast star-forming region of the Carina Nebula Complex using multiwavelength data from NASA space telescopes. The narrated journey explores clusters of massive...
This visualization explores the galaxy group Stephan's Quintet by using observations in visible, infrared, and X-ray light. The sequence contrasts images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope uncovered two views of the Southern Ring Nebula – in near-infrared light (at left) and mid-infrared light (at right) – and each has been adapted to sound....
There’s an immersive way to explore some of the first full-color infrared images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – through sound. Listeners can enter the complex soundscape...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed the atmospheric characteristics of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-96 b – which contains clear signatures of water – and the resulting transmission...
Created for another way to experience the universe, these audio files provide audio descriptions of visuals. Audio Files available at this website include:
Podcasts: Visual Descriptions - Narrated...
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope found that the night sky is filled with more planets than stars! Explore attention-capturing videos about its discoveries.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides a powerful view of the universe: Its instruments are sensitive to infrared light in high resolution. These longer wavelengths of light allow us to capture...
Gamma rays are produced by the hottest and most energetic objects in the universe, including neutron stars and pulsars, supernova explosions, and regions around black holes. See how this type of light...
Explore how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope opens a wide window on the universe by capturing gamma rays across the sky. These videos address how the observatory helps us answer persistent...
What are black holes? How can we detect them? These videos allow your visitors to journey to the centers of galaxies to explore what we know about these elusive objects.
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We know the universe is expanding, but how fast? Did you know that dark matter does not cast shadows? How does a star’s light reveal the makeup of an orbiting planet's atmosphere? Explore these...
Electromagnetic radiation – light – carries information to us from distant objects in space. Explore what light, in all of its frequencies, tells us about stars, galaxies, and the night sky...
As light travels for tens to hundreds of thousands of light-years to Earth, it carries information to us from galaxies, stars, black holes, and so much more. Explore what researchers can learn by analyzing...
NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) sent back ultraviolet light images of the universe. The telescope helped astronomers learn how the early universe evolved, and better characterize black holes...
