Pitch

The NuSTAR twins discover and photograph high x-ray phenomena, in the form of various exciting animals. The telescope duo reminisce on their tenth birthday about all of their adventures and achievements.

Science

• The telescope NuSTAR was launched ten years ago and has since then changed our understanding of the universe through its hard x-ray detection.

• With its two telescopes and one mast, it is able to pick up on high energy phenomena such as supermassive black holes, X-ray Binary stars, and supernovas.

Plot

• The animation begins with the characters Nu and Star, they are the personifications of the two optical telescope ends of NuSTAR.

• The twins explore space together and take pictures of confirmed discoveries by NuStar. (Caldwell 5, Neutron Stars, and Cassiopeia A.) These discoveries are depicted as cosmic animals.

• Celebrating their 10th birthday, Nu gives Star a framed photograph from one of their adventures. Star hangs up the photo on the wall and reveals a bunch of photographs with all their other achievements.

• We want to celebrate all NuStar has been able to do with 10 years of detecting, documenting and discovering.