Visualizing the Universe with NASA Data: the Art of Science Visualizations

Science Briefing April 12, 2018

Visualizing the Universe Kimberly Kowal Arcand (SAO) Dr. Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) with NASA Data Dr. Frank Summers (STScI)

Facilitator: Dr. Emma Marcucci (STScI) Additional Resources http://nasawavelength.org/list/2130

Hands-on Activities:  ReColoring the Universe  How to talk to a spacecraft  3D Printing the X-ray Universe  Tinkercad: Universe in 3D

Visualization Products and Process:  Walking Among the Stars  Flight through the Orion Nebula  Art of Astrophysics  Eyes on Exoplanets

Science Visualization Databases:  HubbleSite Science Videos  AstroPix  NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

2 Outline of this Science Briefing

1. Kimberly Arcand (SAO) Exploring Hidden and Exotic Worlds: How Astronomical Data Transports Us

2. Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Visualizing the Universe with NASA Data: The Art of Science Visualizations

3. Frank Summers (STScI) Cinematic Scientific Visualizations

4. Discussion / Questions

3 Kimberly Arcand, Visualization Lead NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Twitter/Instagram: @kimberlykowal 4 5 @kimberlykowal @kimberlykowal Delicate filamentary structure at 10,000°

7 @kimberlykowal 8 @kimberlykowal 9 @kimberlykowal Hwang & Laming, 2012, ApJ@,kimberlykowal 746, 130 10 @kimberlykowal 11 @kimberlykowal 1100011010101001010101101001100001001110001 1010110101010100001010101011010101010011010 0011010101101001100001010010101010101001010 1100011000001001010101101001100001001010001 1011110101010101001010101011011001010001011 0011000101101001111001010010101010101001010 1100011010101101010101101001100001011010001 0110110101010101001010101011010001010001010 0011010101111000011110101010101010101001010 1100011010101001010101101001100001001110001 0010100101010101001010101011000001010001011 0111110101101001111101010010101010101011011 1100011010101001010101101001100001001010001 1010110101010101001010101011000001010001010 0011010101101001100001010010101010101001010 13 @kimberlykowal 14 @kimberlykowal High Energy X-rays Medium Energy X-rays Low Energy X-rays 15 @kimberlykowal High Energy X-rays Medium Energy X-rays Low Energy X-rays 16 @kimberlykowal High Energy X-rays Medium Energy X-rays Low Energy X-rays 17 @kimberlykowal High Energy X-rays Medium Energy X-rays Low Energy X-rays 18 @kimberlykowal http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/casa/

19 NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude et al. http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/casa2/

20 NASA/CXC/MIT/T.Delaney et al. http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/casa2/

21 @kimberlykowal 22 @kimberlykowal http://chandra.si.edu/3dprint

23 @kimberlykowal 24 @kimberlykowal 25 26 NASA/CXC/PSU/S.Park & D.Burrows.; NASA/STScI/CfA/P.Challis 27 @kimberlykowal 28 @kimberlykowal 29 @kimberlykowal 30 @kimberlykowal 31 @kimberlykowal 32 33 34 @kimberlykowal References: http://chandra.si.edu/3dprint http://chandra.si.edu/vr http://astroart.cfa.harvard.edu http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov

TEDx Talk: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8kTMr5LqIBQ

Kimberly Arcand, Visualization Lead

35 Twitter/Instagram: @kimberlykowal Universe of Learning Science Briefing Visualizing the Universe with NASA Data

The Art of Science Visualization

DR. ROBERT HURT VISUALIZATION SCIENTIST CALTECH/IPAC APRIL 12, 2018 Can the data speak for itself?

37 Exposure

38 BAD Words False Color Colorize

GOOD Words Representative Translated Color Color Colors aren’t FALSE, only MISUNDERSTOOD 39 Color Translation

40 Color Translation

41 AstroPix astropix.ipac.caltech.edu astropix.cool

Contextual information from many astronomical data sources! 42 What if the data can not speak for itself?

43 44 45 Collision event between large bodies in another star system produced increased dust emission

46 47 EXOPLANETS

What We Typically What We See Measure

Stellar type Orbital Period Orbital Distance Planet Size

(more rarely) Planet Mass Planet Density Atmosphere

48 Gaseous/Cloudy

Twice as big as Earth

Hot

Do NOT show Oceans imply greenery habitable zone (NO evidence of life)

Star has color of incandescent light bulb Large ice caps suggest 49 3 inner planets cooler than Earth TRAPPIST-1

50 51 52 53 54 February, 2017

55 February, 2018

56 57 Many Other Resources: spitzer.caltech.edu/trappist-1

JPL

ESO 58 FUN

59 Sometimes scientists…

…play with 60 their data! Parting STEAM thought:

Science-motivated art is a game ANYONE CAN PLAY!

Encourage everyone from kids to adults to learn all they can… …and then make it art!

61 Cinematic Scientific Visualizations

Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute 62 Data

63 64 65 Modeling

66 67 68 69 Camera

70 71 Rendering

72 73 74 Render Farm

75 76 77 Music

78 79 Message

80 81 ASTC partnership

A Professional Development opportunity – How to Use NASA Resources; future funding resources available

• Seven webinars to be held in 2018, with these goals: o Increase knowledge of NASA Astrophysics-related concepts o Improve familiarity of NASA Astrophysics resources and ways to use them o Utilize real NASA data o Interact with NASA Subject Matter Experts • To participate, join NASA’s Universe of Learning Community of Practice (CoP) through ASTC: http://community.astc.org/home. • Webinars will be archived for later viewing, including this introductory video: https://vimeo.com/252961419

As a follow-on to this webinar series, there will be an opportunity to apply for $2,500 mini-fund resources to be competitively awarded to selected institutions, in order to implement or facilitate programming, produce exhibits, etc., using Universe of Learning resources.

82 To ensure we meet the needs of the education community (you!), NASA’s UoL is committed to performing regular evaluations, to determine the effectiveness of Professional Learning opportunities like the Science Briefings. If you prefer not to participate in the evaluation process, you can opt out by contacting Kay Ferrari .

This product is based upon work supported by NASA under award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Sonoma State University. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.