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The cosmic glow of the Carina Nebula, which contains two of the most massive and luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy, as featured in Hidden Universe.

Credit: ESO/T. Preibisch

The celestial hues of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus, captured in Hidden Universe.

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)

A molten portrait of our Sun, a star at the center of our solar system, as seen in Hidden Universe.

Credit: SDO | Solar Dynamics Observatory (Goodard Space Flight Center)

Hidden Universe showcases the hypnotizing spiral figure of the Whirlpool Galaxy, our “neighboring” galaxy over 31 million light-years away.

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The eerie glow of the Cats Eye Nebula, one of the most structurally complex nebulae known, as seen in Hidden Universe.

Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Earth-like landscape of the Red Planet, recorded by the Mars Orbitor, as seen in Hidden Universe.

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

The car-sized Curiosity Rover is used to research the red planet’s climate and geology as part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission – and also stars in Hidden Universe.

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

The Helix Nebula is 700 light-years away from Earth, but screened before audience’s eyes in Hidden Universe.

Credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson

This pillar of gas and dust is evidence of star birth, as captured in Hidden Universe.

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)

The N90 Nebula is a star-forming region found nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth. Radiation from the bright blue, newly formed stars is eroding the outer portions of the N90 from the inside, as seen in Hidden Universe.

Hidden Universe. features the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located at Paranal Observatory. The VLT is composed of four, large optical telescopes, one of which fires a laser beam 60 miles into the sky to create a fixed point, almost like a fake star, as a means to overcome the distortion of Earth’s atmosphere, which blurs light coming in from the universe.

Credit: Lisa Germany

The Very Large Telescope (VLT) with a view of the Milky Way Galaxy overhead, as shown in Hidden Universe. The high altitude of the VLT site, which is located over 8,000 feet above sea level, creates the perfect conditions and clear skies ideal for star-gazing.

Credit: Markus O’Brien

The Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the biggest optical telescopes in the world, uses a 27-foot mirror that acts like a giant “light bucket,” capturing as much light as possible during a night’s observation, as featured in Hidden Universe.

Credit: Russell Scott

Hidden Universe features the ALMA telescope, which is actually 66 dishes connected to operate as one giant “eye on the sky” that can see into the darkest regions of space.

Credit: Russell Scott

The Paranal Observatory is home to the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), as seen in Hidden Universe.

Credit: Russell Scott

Aerial view of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) atop Cerro Paranal in Chile’s Atacama Desert and is a featured location in Hidden Universe.

Credit: J.L. Dauvergne & G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO

The Mars-like landscape of Chile’s Atacama Desert offers clear skies perfect for astronomers to study the stars, as seen in Hidden Universe.

Lisa Germany

The Paranal Residencia is the ‘hotel’ where astronomers live and work while studying with the Very Large Telescope (VLT), as seen in Hidden Universe.

ESO

Hidden Universefilm crew on-location in Kakadu National Park, Australia, an area where rocks over 2 billion-years-old can still be found.

Malcolm Ludgate

Hidden Universe film crew on-location in Kakadu National Park, Australia, an area where rocks over 2 billion-years-old can still be found.

Malcolm Ludgate

Malcolm Ludgate, Director of Photography for Hidden Universe, , filming a motion sequence in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Lisa Germany