Above and Beyond: The Milky Way Center in Infrared Light
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Myth vs Reality: Seeing Galaxies
00:41
Myth vs Reality: Visiting Galaxies
00:40
Above and Beyond: The Milky Way Center in Infrared Light
00:35
Insight Into: Scale of the Universe
00:41
Above and Beyond: Centaurus A in Infrared Light
00:55
Above and Beyond: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared Light
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At a Glance: Galaxy M101 in Infrared Light
00:57
Celestial Tour: Galaxy Evolution
03:50
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Galaxy Evolution
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA except:
· Milky Way panorama courtesy of ESO/S. Brunier
· Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory
· Andromeda Galaxy image courtesy of Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF
· Redshift animation courtesy of ESO
· Centaurus A visible-light images courtesy of ESO
Written by Tracy Vogel
Designed by Marc Lussier
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
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Dense clusters of stars in dark red gas and dust.
Dense clusters of stars in dark red gas and dust.
Text, Center of Milky Way. INFRARED LIGHT. The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes teamed up to take this picture of the center of our Milky Way Galaxy with their infrared cameras.
Dust in the Milky Way's core hides much of this view in visible light, but infrared light penetrates most of the dust.