This is part of a series of documentaries that explores the deepest mysteries of space. It is presented with the use of live-action sequences, as well as high quality and advanced computer animation. The images are also taken from the captures of the Hubble Space Telescope, providing viewers with an almost ideal, and perfectly stunning view of what the world is like up there.
This series has been presented on the Science Channel.
Mysteries of Deep Space: Part 4 of 6.
In the fold of our home galaxy, the Eagle Nebula is one of the richest of the great star nurseries. Intense stellar winds have sculpted a majestic castle of gas. Inside these giant columns, stars are being born. Yet for the dying stars that set this process in motion, the consequences are grim. Supernovae leave in their wake a range of bizarre objects. Among them, tiny ultra-dense objects called neutron stars, and their strange, other worldly cousins, black holes.
