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.

The Bubble Nebula: Winds and 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 and Andromeda Collision

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

Flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy

Cosmic Reef: NGC 2014 and NGC 2020