Massive star Eta Carinae's 'great eruption' explained

One of the Milky Way galaxy's biggest stars, Eta Carinae, had a massive eruption in the 1800s. Learn more about the star through 3D visualizations and imagery. CREDITS: VISUALIZATION: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Dani Player (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Greg T. Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), Robert L. Hurt (IPAC) IMAGE: NASA, ESA, STScI, NASA-JPL, Caltech, CXC, ESO, NOAO, AURA, NSF, Akira Fujii , Jon A. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute), Nathan Smith (University of Arizona), SM4 ERO Team MUSIC: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Music: Interstellar Wanderer, Joseph DePasquale, CC BY-NC 4.0.