NASA Hubble telescope enables 3D journey across Orion Nebula. Watch video

New Delhi : A 3-minute movie on Orion Nebula has been released to help viewers explore fundamental questions about the universe.

Scientists used data collected from NASA Hubble telescope to create a 3D fly-through view of the Orion Nebula, allowing viewers to peek into the picturesque star-forming region.

The new fly-through 3D video will enable a whole new experience for people to understand the universe, said a scientist.

"Being able to fly through the nebula's tapestry in three dimensions gives people a much better sense of what the universe is really like," said Frank Summers, visualisation scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute in the US.

"By adding depth and structure to the amazing images, this fly-through helps elucidate the universe for the public, both educating and inspiring," said Summers, who led the team that developed the movie.

"Looking at the universe in infrared light gives striking context for the more familiar visible-light views," he said.

"This movie provides a uniquely immersive chance to see how new features appear as we shift to wavelengths of light normally invisible to our eyes," said Robert Hurt, lead visualisation scientist at Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) in the US.

In the video, viewers are greeted with topography of the nebula. A torrent of ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from the massive, central stars of the Trapezium star cluster has carved out a cavernous bowl- like cavity in the wall of a giant cloud of cold molecular hydrogen laced with dust.

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