Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation
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Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation

NASA Space Technology The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now, NASA released the most detailed visualization of the iconic celestial structure, revealing all of its dreamy features across multiple wavelengths of light.Suggested ReadingWebb Telescope Images the Pillars of CreationSuggested ReadingUsing data from the Hubble and Webb space telescopes, NASA astrophysicists have weaved together an unprecedented journey across the Pillars of Creation, traveling through the three-dimensional structure and revealing the clouds of dust and embedded stars that make up its finger-like features. The 3D visualization is based on observational data from a paper published in the Meteoritic & Planetary Science journal.The 2.5-minute-video lets viewers experience the Pillars of Creation in both...
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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes
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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes

NASA Space Technology A mosaic of visible-light (Hubble) and infrared-light (Webb) views from the same Pillars of Creation visualization frame.Credits: Greg Bacon, Ralf Crawford, Joseph DePasquale, Leah Hustak, Christian Nieves, Joseph Olmsted, Alyssa Pagan, and Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of LearningMade famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty.Now, NASA has released a new 3D visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the most comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength movie yet of these star-birthing clouds."By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal...
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The 1998 Florida Firestorm and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
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The 1998 Florida Firestorm and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA Space Technology East central Florida’s natural environment and climate have shaped, and delayed, Kennedy Space Center launch operations since the 1960s. Torrential pop-up thunderstorms, Atlantic hurricanes, roasting heat, and other climatic phenomena, including lightning and fire, repeatedly hampered mission timelines and created dangerous conditions for astronauts and workers.Kennedy Space Center personnel understood the dangers of lightning strikes all too well by 1998. In 1969, two bolts famously struck the Apollo 12 launch vehicle shortly after liftoff. A few years earlier, a worker was killed when lightning hit a Kennedy launch pad. These and other events motivated NASA to install new lightning rods and create new launch procedures.The opening segment of this video highlights the two lightning bolts that struck the Apollo 12...
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