Eta Carinae - a new source of very high-energy cosmic gamma radiation

With the gamma-ray telescopes of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (.), astrophysicists have detected very high energy gamma rays from the binary star Eta Carinae in Homunculus Nebula. It constitutes a new type of source for such high-energy radiation. The DESY animation by Science Communication Lab takes you on an interstellar roadtrip to this extraordinary system. Soundtrack by Alva Noto.