Deep Space Visualizations | Nebulae, Star Clusters & Cosmic Wonders | 4K
A cinematic journey through deep space — from Earth’s night sky into nebulae, star-forming regions, star clusters, supernova remnants, and other cosmic wonders.
This film presents carefully animated astronomical imagery and space visualizations in 4K, accompanied by ambient sound and original AI-generated music.
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Astronomical image credits:
Astronomical imagery courtesy of NASA, ESA, STScI, and NSF NOIRLab (NSF/AURA), as well as Wikimedia Commons.
Public domain imagery is used under the respective public image use policies of NASA and NSF NOIRLab.
https://noirlab.edu
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/SLAC
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI),Caltech/IPAC, and the AstroViz Project of NASA's Universe of Learning
Some images are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0):
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Individual image credits are provided as specified on the original source pages, including:
Nicholas Bradley; T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF); N. Smith (UC Berkeley);
T.A. Rector & H. Schweiker — WIYN/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA;
B.A. Wolpa; D. de Martin; C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University);
University of Colorado, University of Hawaii, University of Alaska Anchorage;
Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO — Image processing: T.A. Rector, R. Colombari & M. Zamani.
Digitised Sky Survey 2, S. Brunier and S. Guisard, Vista, Webb NIRCAM.
E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. Lennon, E. Sabbi, N. Bartmann; Mark Malanoski
Tk833 — Wikimedia Commons; Public Domain (ESA/Hubble);
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA;
G. Bacon, T. Davis, T. Borders, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, F. Summers, and J. Anderson (Viz 3D team, STScI);
J. DePasquale, L.Hustak, R. Crawford, D. Kirshenblat, C. Nieves, Alyssa Pagan, A. Koekemoer;
Akira Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey; Judy Schmidt; Joseph DePasquale;
Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris, France); JPL-Caltech/2MASS;
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi
ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands);
ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: CASU; ESO/M. Kornmesser/E. Congiu et al.
The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); and associated institutional partners.
Images adapted and animated for this video.
Music credits:
Original AI-generated music created for this video.
Additional music: “Space Atmospheric Background” — lvymusic;
“Space Ambient” — playstarz_music.
Used under Pixabay Content License.
VAST DRIFT
2026
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⏳ Chapters
00:03 — Into Deep Space
00:46 — Tarantula Nebula
01:26 — Herbig-Haro 49/50
02:23 — Helix Nebula - Hubble
02:53 — Helix Nebula - James Webb
03:42 — Jellyfish Nebula
04:02 — Heart, Soul & Fish Head Nebulae
04:17 — Heart Nebula
04:55 — Bubble Nebula
05:26 — Cranium Nebula
06:20 — Crab Nebula
06:50 — Cosmic Cliffs
08:20 — Star Cluster Westerlund 2
09:57 — Cat's Paw Nebula
10:55 — Lagoon Nebula
12:09 — Pismis 24
10:27 — Ghost Head Nebula
12:47 — Veil Nebula
13:07 — Cosmic Reef
14:38 — Rosette Nebula
15:17 — Soul Nebula
15:37 — Spider Nebula
16:08 — Eagle Nebula
06:32 — Pillars of Creation
17:49 — Skull and Crossbones Nebula
18:16 — Lobster Claw Nebula
18:46 — Supernova remnant Cygnus
19:27 — Pickering's Triangle
19:47 — Horsehead Nebula
20:47 — Trifid Nebula
21:17 — Cone Nebula
21:34 — Seagull Nebula
21:42 — Running Chicken Nebula
21:55 — Thor’s Helmet Nebula
22:34 — Vela Supernova Remnant
23:08 — Carina Nebula
24:12 — Bright Pillars in the Carina Nebula
24:42 — Butterfly Nebula
25:32 — Ant Nebula
25:52 — Twin Jet Nebula
26:17 — Star-forming Region - Sharpless 2-106
26:58 — Star-forming Region - Region Messier 78
27:53 — Orion Nebula
30:53 — Cat's Eye Nebula
31:48 — Hourglass Nebula
32:07 — Red Spider Nebula
32:22 — Emission Nebula Sh2-114
33:02 — Messier 78
34:22— Sculptor Galaxy
34:34— Reflections
34:52— Credits