Animation of Star AG Carinae | Hubble

Animation of Star AG Carinae | Hubble

This video presents a 3D animation of the star AG Carinae. The giant star is featured in this Hubble Space Telescope image, and is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction. AG Carinae is surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust—a nebula. The nebula is about five light-years wide, which equals the distance from here to our nearest star, Alpha Centauri.

Distance: 20,000 light-years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 30 seconds

Release  Date: April 23, 2021

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