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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2007-007HD


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This animation shows a Cepheid variable star varying in brightness in the arm of a spiral galaxy. Cepheid Variable in Spiral Galaxy
This animation zooms into a neutron star and its accretion disk to show a millisecond pulsar in close-up. Millisecond Pulsar with Magnetic Field Structure
This animation shows a wide shot of a millisecond pulsar. Millisecond Pulsar with Gravitational Waves
 This animation shows two black holes orbiting each other, producing gravity waves. Gravitational Waves from Black Holes
This animation zooms into a black hole and accretion disk showing how the spinning black hole drags spacetime around with it. Matter Rides a Wave Around a Black Hole
A closer look at the center of a spiral galaxy reveals a pair of black holes locked in a death spiral. When they merge, a massive amount of energy is released in the form of jets. Merging Black Holes
This animation provides a cutaway of a black hole's accretion disk, allowing the viewer to see inside. Black Hole Accretion Disk
This is a computer-generated flight through more than 10,000 real galaxies. 'Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time' (IMAX Short Film)
This animation shows a string of other potential universes. When two touch together, they cause a spark, possibly creating another universe. Brane Theory of Multiple Dimensions
This visualization presents a 3-D view of the largest structures in the universe. It begins with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and zooms out to reveal data from WMAP. Sloan Digital Sky Survey
This animation flies through a series of galaxy clusters. Dark Energy Expands the Universe
This animation takes us past a red giant, through a spiral galaxy and flies over a massive black hole. Journey Through the Universe
This animation zooms into a standard helium atom, showing its protons (green), its neutrons (white), and its electrons (blue). The Helium Atom
In this animation, quantum particles pop into and out of existence in varying spaces and at varying times. Quantum Particles
This still image shows the timeline running from the Big Bang on the right, towards the present on the left. In the middle is the Reionization Period, when the initial bubbles caused the Cosmic Dawn. The Cosmic Dawn (Still Image Without Titles)
This still image shows the timeline running from the Big Bang on the right, towards the present on the left. In the middle is the Reionization Period where the initial bubbles caused the cosmic dawn. The Cosmic Dawn (Still Image with Titles)
This animation shows in a cube what the early universe was like - very dense until bubbles formed creating pockets that gave birth to the first stars and galaxies. The Dark Ages
This animation begins  with a pinpoint of light as the Big Bang, and continues to show the formation of the first stars and galaxies. The Big Bang
As the camera zooms out from one of the LISA spacecraft, the gravitational waves passing through become visible. LISA Detects Gravitational Waves
This animation shows the perspective of one of the LISA spacecraft. LISA's Laser Beams
LISA's three spacecraft are separated from each other by 5 million kilometers. The LISA Spacecraft
This animation begins with a zoom into the WMAP data. We then see the formation of the first stars and galaxies. The images zooms out to reveal the relative locations of the WMAP data and from where the satellite is observing. WMAP's Portrait of the Early Universe
This animation shows the WMAP spacecraft spinning, then reveals the data that it collected. WMAP Hard at Work
WMAP spins like a top to capture light from every part of the sky. The WMAP Spacecraft
This visualization compares the relative fields of view for three of Hubble's Deep Field instruments: ACS, WFC3, and NICMOS. Comparison of Hubble's Instruments
This animation allows us to take a look over Hubble's shoulder as the Moon rises above Earth. Hubble Shoots the Moon
This visualization is a flight through the 'cosmic web', the large scale structure of the universe. Each bright knot is an entire galaxy, while the purple filaments show where material exists between the galaxies. To the human eye, only the galaxies would be visible, and this visualization allows us to see the strands of material connecting the galaxies and forming the cosmic web.  This visualization is based on a scientific simulation of the growth of structure in the universe. The matter, dark matter, and dark energy in a region of the universe are followed from very early times of the universe through to the present day using the equations of gravity, hydrodynamics, and cosmology. The normal matter has been clipped to show only the densest regions, which are the galaxies, and is shown in white. The dark matter is shown in purple. The size of the simulation is a cube with a side length of 134 megaparsecs (437 million light-years). Journey Through the Cosmic Web: Cosmic Cruising 2
This is an animation of the Hubble spacecraft flying 360 miles above the earth. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)