This visualisation takes the viewer on a breathtaking flight through the Orion Nebula, a nearby star-forming region. The video has been produced using scientific imagery and data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
As the camera flies into the nebula, the viewer sweeps past newborn stars, smouldering clouds heated by intense radiation, and tadpole-shaped gaseous envelopes surrounding protoplanetary disks. A glowing gaseous landscape is revealed, that has been illuminated and carved by the high-energy radiation and strong stellar winds from the massive hot stars in the central cluster.
Credit:
Directed by: Mathias Jäger
Visual design and editing: Nico Bartmann
Written by: Nicole Shearer
Footage: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, L. Frattare, M. Robberto (STScI), R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC), R. Gendler
Music: 9. Nuclearmetal - Planetarium
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
