Hubble’s Galaxy-Observing Superpowers

Abell 370

Much like the eclectic group of space rebels in the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has some amazing superpowers, specifically when it comes to observing innumerable galaxies flung across time and space. A stunning example is a galaxy...

Abell 370 Parallel

This is a Hubble Space Telescope view of a random patch of sky that reveals how the universe looks at large: a "wallpaper" of innumerable galaxies spread across space and time. They offer a wide assortment of majestic star cities that vary in age, shape, and stellar populations....

Compass and Scale Image for Abell 370 and Parallel

Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields and Parallels

This is a gallery of the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields. The top six panels are massive galaxy clusters that act as huge lenses in space, magnifying and stretching images of remote galaxies behind each cluster that are too faint for Hubble to see directly. While one of...

Zoom Into Galaxy Cluster Abell 370

This video begins with an image of the constellation Cetus, the Sea Monster, then zooms into galaxy cluster Abell 370. Located approximately 4 billion light-years away, the immense cluster is a rich mix of galaxy shapes. Arcs of blue light entangled among the galaxies are...