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Cosmic Wonders

Cosmic Wonders presents a stunning series of 18 astronomy visualizations. Each sequence combines Hubble Space Telescope images or research computer simulations with scientific knowledge and insight to create three dimensional visions of awesome celestial sights. Produced by astronomers and artists at the Space Telescope Science Institute, all of the individual visualizations are available for viewing on the Hubble Space Telescope channel on YouTube and for download at hubblesite.org.

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The Bubble Nebula: Winds & Radiation from a Massive Star

A Flight Through the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey Field

A Rose of Galaxies: Interacting Galaxies Arp 273

Sculpture Garden of Gas and Dust: Core of the Lagoon Nebula

Stellar Greetings from Globular Cluster M79

Hickson Compact Group 40: A Flight Through Interacting Galaxies

The Red Bubble: Supernova Remnant SNR 0509-67.5

Exploring the Structure of the Ring Nebula

Star Clusters in Collision

Blast Wave from a Stellar Explosion: Simulation of Supernova 1987A

Eta Carinae: The Great Eruption of a Massive Star

A Horse of a Different Color: The Gaseous Landscape of the Horsehead Nebula in Infrared

Celestial Fireworks: Star Cluster Westerlund 2

Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible Light

Crash of the Titans: Milky Way & Andromeda Collision

Celestial Snow Angel: Star-forming Region Sharpless 2-106

Flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy

Cosmic Reef: NGC 2014 & NGC 2020

  • Release Date
    October 25, 2022
  • Credit
    Video: NASA, ESA, STScI; Editor: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI); Visualization: Gregory Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Tiffany Borders-Davis (STScI), Lisa Frattare (STScI), Zoltan Levay (STScI), Dani Player (STScI)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
Contact
Media

Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

Video Credit

NASA, ESA, STScI

Editor Credit

Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI)

Visualization Credit

Gregory Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Tiffany Borders-Davis (STScI), Lisa Frattare (STScI), Zoltan Levay (STScI), Dani Player (STScI)