Hubble Space Telescope
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Graphic showing thumbnails of Hubble posters.
![Graphic showing thumbnails of Hubble posters.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-thumbnail-3.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Graphic showing thumbnails of Hubble posters.
![Graphic showing thumbnails of Hubble posters.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-thumbnail-2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Westerlund 2
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Westerlund 2](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-westerlund-2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Veil Nebula
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Veil Nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-veil-nebula.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - V838 Mon Light Echo
![Hubble Poster 2024 - V838 Mon Light Echo](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-v838.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - SNR 0454-67.2
![Hubble Poster 2024 - SNR 0454-67.2](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-snr-0454-67-2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-2841.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-1300.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 1097
![Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 1097](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-1097.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 691
![Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 691](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-691.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Photographs of the Universe from the Hubble Space Telescope
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Photographs of the Universe from the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-hubble-space-telescope.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Cosmic Reef
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Cosmic Reef](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-cosmic-reef.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Black Eye Galaxy
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Black Eye Galaxy](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-black-eye-galaxy.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - AG Carinae
![Hubble Poster 2024 - AG Carinae](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ag-carinae.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Terzan 4
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Terzan 4](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-terzan-4.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Ring Nebula M57
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Ring Nebula M57](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ring-nebula-m57.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Omega Centauri
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Omega Centauri](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-omega-centauri.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Stellar Demise: NGC 6302
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Stellar Demise: NGC 6302](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-6302.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-6217.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 2775
![Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 2775](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-2775.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 1866
![Hubble Poster 2024 - NGC 1866](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-ngc-1866.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Supernova Remnant N 49
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Supernova Remnant N 49](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-n-49.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - A View of ‘Mystic Mountain’
![Hubble Poster 2024 - A View of ‘Mystic Mountain’](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-mystic-mountain.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Milky Way Bulge
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Milky Way Bulge](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-milky-way-bulge.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Hubble Ultra Deep Field
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Hubble Ultra Deep Field](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-hubble-ultra-deep-field.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Horsehead Nebula
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Horsehead Nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-horsehead-nebula.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Butterfly Nebula
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Butterfly Nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-butterfly-nebula.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Arp 273 – The Rose Galaxies
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Arp 273 – The Rose Galaxies](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-arp-273.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Abell 370
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Abell 370](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-abell-370.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Star Birth in 30 Dorado
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Star Birth in 30 Dorado](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-30-doradus.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This star chart for M79 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows the location of Messier 79 in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hubble-m79-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for M78 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows the location of Messier 78 in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hubble-m78-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Our Galactic Center
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Our Galactic Center](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-our-galactic-center.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Poster 2024 - Bubble Nebula
![Hubble Poster 2024 - Bubble Nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hubble-poster-2024-bubble-nebula.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This star chart for M43 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows the location of Messier 43 in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m43-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for M42 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows the location of Messier 42 in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m42-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for M1 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows the location of Messier 1 in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m1-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for Caldwell 46 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Northern Hemisphere star chart shows C46 just below the constellation Monocerotis in the southern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hubble-c46-northern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-s-from-richmond.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for Caldwell 46 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This Southern Hemisphere star chart shows C46 just below the constellation Monocerotis in the northern part of night sky at 10pm in January.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hubble-c46-southern-annotated-skymap-for-web-january-n-from-brazil.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Clouds of orange, yellow, and rusty-brown fill the scene. A bright pillar of gas and dust rises above a denser region of the cloud.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-14246-pismis-soni-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![A multi-layered nebula that looks like it has a lion's mane surrounding it. A bright central star surrounded with overlapping rings of gas and dust.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-13997-2392-soni-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Two interacting galaxies. A bridge of stars stretches between them, while a long tail of stars stretches beyond one of them.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-mice-sonification-final-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
On March 31, 2022, NASA scientists did a live broadcast about Hubble's discovery of Earendel — the farthest star ever...
On May 27, 2021, astronaut Megan McArthur spoke with us live from the International Space Station! She discussed her role...
Sample Hand Held Hubble PVC Model
![Sample Hand Held Hubble PVC Model](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/stsci-01f2jhx3b0gf7bjrtsccb0mkcw.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![A black background is punctuated with distant stars and galaxies. One bright foreground star sits just to the right of image center. Slightly above and to the left of image center is a faint, bluish-green spiral.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hubble-llpegasi-potw1020a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Sample of the Hand Held Hubble Paper Model
![Sample of the Hand Held Hubble Paper Model](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/stsci-01f2jggp1sfkzx4gqnwn41s559.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Sample of the Hand Held Hubble Expert Model
![Sample of the Hand Held Hubble Expert Model](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/stsci-01f2mb3sxf2989nd6hqffz9nqm.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video Thumbnail text: Hubble's Inside the Image: Herbig-Haro Jet HH24. Background image holds clouds of yellow, white, gold, grey, and black. A bright jet of material runs appears to emerge from a bright cloud near image center. It runs from the cloud to the upper left and the lower right. NASA meatball logo is in the upper-right corner.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hubble-insideimage-hh24-wide-thumba.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The NASA's Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five...
![Five galaxies, two toward the upper right and top center, three clustered together in the lower right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hubble-hgc40-heic2205a-sm.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Illustration of various space-based and ground-based telescopes.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hubble-webb-partner-observatories.png?w=4096&format=png)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hubble-focus-dark-universe-cover-v2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This e-book is part of a series called Hubble Focus, which presents some of Hubble's recent cosmic discoveries. Its cover,...
![Cover image of the Hubble Focus: Dark Universe e-book. Black background with a galaxy cluster that is superimposed with a blue-white haze that indicates the location of dark matter. Top of the image holds the phrase, "Hubble Focus." The "o" in focus is Hubble as we look down the tube of the telescope.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-dark-universe-cover.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sm4-patch.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Hubble Servicing Mission 3B Patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sm3b-patch.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Hubble Servicing Mission 3A Patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sm3a-patch.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Servicing Mission 2 Patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sm2-patch.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Hubble Servicing Mission 1 Patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sm1-patch.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/columbia-liftoff.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes observed the object to learn...
![A dark, reddish-orange stripped world that looks somewhat like a dark Jupiter sits against a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hubble-2massj22282889-431026-stsci-01evvctvgej9zx5skvkaykgr9n.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This is an artist's conception of the binary system 2M J044144 showing the primary brown dwarf that is estimated to...
![Artist illustration: lower-left holds a reddish-orange brown dwarf with a disk of material around it. Upper-right corner holds another brown dwarf with no disk. Background is black and dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hubble-brown-dwarf-illustration-stsci-01evt54xbkxtq3j99z7pxeem3p.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The ground-based image (lower left) illustrates the area of the galaxy Hubble imaged (upper right). The European Southern Observatory (ESO)...
![A haze of stars fills the top and upper right corner of NGC 247/Caldwell 62. The area is dotted with bright pinkish-red and blue gas clouds. The lower-left half of the image is black and dotted with one very bright star and a few dimmer ones.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-c62-ngc247-inset-2-final-01.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-pointing-control-2.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-pointing-control-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-electical-2.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-electical-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-communcations-2.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Photo of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-design-communcations-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
The visible-light scars of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter show darker and deeper layers of Jupiter's atmosphere. Hubble's ultraviolet...
![Two images side by side of Jupiter, on the left side showing the planet with white, tan, green and brown swirls with 4 dark spots at the bottom that show the impact of the comets hitting and on the right side, the planet in purple and white swirls show 4 dark swirls at the bottom showing the impact of the comets hitting.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-explore-light-comets-jupiter.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "13.4 billion years ago."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-13-4-billion-years-ago-1-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "12.9 billion years ago."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-12-9-billion-years-ago-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "2.5 million years ago."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-2-5-million-years-ago-1-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "5446 BCE."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-6500-years-ago-1-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "1300 CE."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-700-years-ago-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![An analog clock with a red second hand passes time. The Hubble Space Telescope swoops in from the right and time begins to move backward the "Present Day." Dates flash on the screen and the telescope moves to left side of the clock. The clock and dates stop at "4 years ago."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-clocks-4-years-ago-1.gif?w=4096&format=png)
![Blue and orange stars glitter across the image, interwoven with dark clouds of brown dust and bright, glowing regions of blue. A red rectangle near the upper-right corner holds white lettering that says, "New Image."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/m17-field2-f110wf160w-a1-final-vers1-tag-new-image.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
A box in the ground-based, ESO image of M108 (upper right) shows the location of Hubble’s view within the wider...
![Lower half, Hubble image: Blue and orange stars glitter across the image, interwoven with dark clouds of brown dust and bright, glowing regions of blue. Upper-right, ESO image: A bright reddish-white nebula. A small box indicates the area of sky Hubble viewed.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/m17-inset-vers1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Blue and orange stars glitter across the image, interwoven with dark clouds of brown dust and bright, glowing regions of blue.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/m17-field2-f110wf160w-a1-final-vers1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The smaller, ground-based image (lower left) taken by the Digitized Sky Survey illustrates the small area of Messier 94 that...
![Left, Digitized Sky Survey Image: A small, black and white image of a galaxy seen face on. The galaxy has a bright-white center with wide concentric rings that dim as you move outward from the galaxy's core. Right, Hubble image: Near the right side of the image, a pale pink galactic core shines with spiraling arms of dark dust extending out to the center of the image. Dark sky interspersed with distant galaxies and stars fills the left side of the image. A bright patch of reddish stars is near the center. A vertical blurred line down the image’s center represents a region where no Hubble data was taken.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m94-inset.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
A portion of spiral galaxy M94 shines in this Hubble view.
![Near the right side of the image, a pale pink galactic core shines with spiraling arms of dark dust extending out to the center of the image. Dark sky interspersed with distant galaxies and stars fills the left side of the image. A bright patch of reddish stars is near the center. A vertical blurred line down the image’s center represents a region where no Hubble data was taken.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m94-acs-ok-flat-cont-final-new.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![A bright yellow galaxy core shines, surrounded by spiraling arms laced through with dark dust and blue-white regions of new stars. A red box near the upper-right corner holds the phrase "New Image" in white letters.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hubble-m94-potw1542a-0-tag-new-image.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Background galaxies and stars are sprinkled across a black background. Some of the distant galaxies are spirals.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-m44-acs-1-color-2-final-tag-new.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Two side-by-side images of the same region of space. Superimposed on each is a simple, white line drawing of a telescope. Left: Drawing of the Hubble Space Telescope on a Hubble image showing numerous stars and a hazy blue to brown cloud of gas and dust. Right: Drawing of the Webb Space Telescope on a Webb image showing numerous stars and a pinkish yellow to brown cloud of gas and dust. The Webb image shows a more filamentous and billowy structure. There is no clear boundary between the two images.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-webb-observing-tool-logo-stsci-01hq194v8ts6pavzzwsxvdx6dz.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
On Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 15:19:12 UTC Hubble observed protoplanet candidate AB Aur b.
![Screen shot of the "What is Hubble Observing?" tool. Black background with a bright-white, star like region at image center surrounded by a light blue cloud.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/whats-hubble-observing1.png?w=4096&format=png)
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![Black and white image. Two rows of dignitaries attending a meeting at NASA.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hubble-pioneers-group-image.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Photograph of John Bahcall, circa 1979-1980.
![Astronomer John Bahcall sits at a desk facing toward the right. His head is turned toward the camera.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/john-bahcall-princeton.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Illustration Title: "The Lost Universe" in yellow at the top of the page. A green, yellow, and beige dragon is wrapped around an illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope. The image background is in various shades of blue and black and depicts a dark forest with trees in black silhouette.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lost-universe-cover-front-2024-march-v1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Illustration Title: "The Lost Universe" in yellow at the top of the page. A green, yellow, and beige dragon is wrapped around an illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope. The image background is in various shades of blue and black and depicts a dark forest with trees in black silhouette.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lost-universe-banner-square-v1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Illustration Title: "The Lost Universe" in yellow at the top of the page. A green, yellow, and beige dragon is wrapped around an illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope. The image background is in various shades of blue and black and depicts a dark forest with trees in black silhouette.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lost-universe-banner.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Lead Producer: Paul Morris
This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with...
![A field of galaxies on the black background of space. In the middle, stretching from left to right, is a collection of dozens of yellowish spiral and elliptical galaxies that form a foreground galaxy cluster. Among them are distorted linear features, which mostly appear to follow invisible concentric circles curving around the center of the image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hubble-webb-macs0416-stsci-01hdhawjaek9n6edk1ysptsze4.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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This visualization shows the temperature forecast spanning 130 exoplanet-days, across sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight for the exoplanet WASP-121 b,...
A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has the unusual...
![A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies, known as Arp 143, has fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-formation frenzy as captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The interacting galaxy duo Arp 143 contains the distorted, star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 2445, at right, along with its less flashy companion, NGC 2444, at left. Their frenzied collision takes place against the tapestry of distant galaxies, of which some can be seen through the interacting pair.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/galaxy-collision.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Large Southern Ring Nebula Poster
![Southern Ring Nebula Poster](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/webb-southern-ring-nebula-1000px.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA's James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope have provided one of the most colorful and comprehensive views of the universe...
![A field of galaxies on the black background of space. In the middle, stretching from left to right, is a collection of dozens of yellowish spiral and elliptical galaxies that form a foreground galaxy cluster. They form a rough, flat line along the center. Among them are distorted linear features, which mostly appear to follow invisible concentric circles curving around the center of the image. The linear features are created when the light of a background galaxy is bent and magnified through gravitational lensing. At center left, a particularly prominent example stretches vertically about three times the length of a nearby galaxy. A variety of brightly colored, red and blue galaxies of various shapes are scattered across the image, making it feel densely populated. Near the center are two tiny galaxies compared to the galaxy cluster: a very red edge-on spiral and a very blue face-on spiral, which provide a striking color contrast.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/macs.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The billion stars in galaxy UGC 8091 resemble a sparkling snow globe in this festive Hubble Space Telescope image from...
![A field of galaxies. UGC 8091 is at the top and center of the image. It appears as a haze of stars through which more distant galaxies are visible. Two, bright, pinkish-red nebulae are also visible.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hubble-ugc8091-stsci-01hhdacz8yqthbakv16tqyfhbh.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14470-ken-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14468-cepi-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14469-joe-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14465-kathy-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14467-dave-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14459-story-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Video thumbnail of Servicing Mission 1 video series.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14466-ed-wide-thumb.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![Two mirrors. The mirror on the left reflects incoming light to a single, sharp, focal point. The mirror on the right focuses light to multiple points.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-spherical-aberation-illustration.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble orbiting more than 300 miles above Earth.
![Hubble, at top center, against the black background of space. Earth limb is visible in the lower-left corner.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-in-orbit-s125e011844-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This star chart for Caldwell 69 represents the view from mid-southern latitudes for the given month and time.
![A star chart shows C69 in the upper portion of the constellation Scorpius, in the southern night sky in July at 10pm.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-c69-annotated-skymap.png?w=4096&format=png)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski displays a picture showing the difference between a star image taken before COSTAR’s installation and the same...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mikulski-costar.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The Hubble Space Telescope has a “One-Gyro” contingency mode to continue science observations in the event of onboard hardware problems....
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has passed another milestone in its 21 years of exploration: the 10,000th refereed science paper has...
![An illustration that holds a graph showing the growth of Hubble's scientific publications. The graph is color coded by publication type. Across the top of the image are covers of some of the scientific journals along with cover pages of some of the published papers.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-10000-sciencepapers-stsci-01evvhj41p8rqn2803qpwcd48m.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Credit: NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (University of Maryland, College Park), and G. Bacon (STScI)
NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI)
This is a Digitized Sky Survey image of the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. The ageing...
![Black background filled with stars. A very bright one is at image center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-chemearlyuniverse-opo1308a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This composite image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is of the starburst galaxy NGC 2146 showing the position of the...
![A large galaxy fills the frame from the lower-left to the upper right. It appears as bright, pinkish spherical cloud bisected by dark, reddish brown dust lanes and dotted with areas of bright-pink. Below and to the right is a bright-white circle/dot.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-ngc2146-750px-814dcde5-378b-46c4-9d27-e63f2c6755ee-prv.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![A annotated drawing of Hubble's optical assembly is in the center of the image. A series of images ring the optical assembly image. Beginning on the lower left, toward the top, and back down on the right side: the space shuttle launching, the space shuttle releasing its boosters, the space shuttle entering orbit, the space shuttle removing Hubble from the cargo bay, the space shuttle releasing Hubble, the space shuttle entering Earth's atmosphere, and then landing.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-optical-assembly.png?w=4096&format=png)
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft hurtled its way toward a July 1, 2004 rendezvous with Saturn, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped...
![Two NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of Saturn. On the left is a full view of Saturn and its rings. The planet appears as though it is tilted backward, appearing to reveal the underside of its rings. Overall Saturn is yellow with bands of red, yellowish-brown, light orange, pink, and blue. On the right is a closer view of the rings and a small part of the planet.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2004/05/hubble-saturn-2004-stsci-01evsrxdnqp43pkp4734g4gsef.png?w=4096&format=png)
This glittering image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy IC 5332. The galaxy lies about 30...
![A close-in view of a spiral galaxy. We see it face-on, showing its circular shape and tightly winding spiral arms. The galaxy glows brightly in the center and dims to cool colors toward the edge. Dark, faint filaments of dust and brightly glowing pink and orange bubbles of star formation mark the face of the galaxy.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hubble-ic5332-potw2342a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This is an artist's concept of one of brightest explosions ever seen in space. Called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical...
![Illustration of one of brightest explosions ever seen in space. Called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), it shines intensely in blue light. It appears as a bright white blob left of center where blue-white and red rays sprout out from it. Toward the right of the image there is a spiral galaxy. To the upper left is another whitish galaxy shaped like a cigar. The LFBOT doesn’t seem to be associated with either galaxy.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hubble-lfbot-illustration-stsci-01hbcehxgsmy41mcbvdv8egz3m-v2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Video Credits: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, STScI; Acknowledgment: NSF's NOIRLab, Akira Fujii , Jeff Hester , Davide De Martin...
An artist's conception of HD 209458 b, an exoplanet whose atmosphere is being torn off at more than 35,000 km/hour...
![An artist's conception of HD 209458 b, an exoplanet whose atmosphere is being torn off at more than 35,000 km/hour by the radiation of its close-by parent star. This hot Jupiter was the first alien world discovered via the transit method, and the first planet to have its atmosphere studied. Image credit: NASA/European Space Agency/Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS)](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Osiriscopy.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-s2.0-036492299090018v-main-cover.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The collision of galaxies NGC 2445 (right) and NGC 2444 fueled a frenzy of star birth that produced this unusual...
![Two galaxies one right one on the left. right galaxy has a blue-white triangular star forming region surrounding it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Galaxy_Collision-1.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The collision of galaxies NGC 2445 (right) and NGC 2444 fueled a frenzy of star birth that produced this unusual...
![Two galaxies one right one on the left. right galaxy has a blue-white triangular star forming region surrounding it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Galaxy_Collision.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
AG Carinae, imaged here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a giant star on the verge of collapse.
![Bright-white star surrounded by a pinkish and white shell of gas. Black background dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AG_Carinae.png?w=4096&format=png)
A visualization flying into the nebula Gum 29 and the star cluster Westerlund 2 at its core.
![This visualization provides a three-dimensional perspective on Hubble's image of the nebula Gum 29 with the star cluster Westerlund 2 at its core. The flight traverses the foreground stars and approaches the lower left rim of the nebula Gum 29. Passing through the wispy darker clouds on the near side, the journey reveals bright gas illuminated by the intense radiation of the newly formed stars of cluster Westerlund 2. Within the nebula, several pillars of dark, dense gas are being shaped by the energetic light and strong stellar winds from the brilliant cluster of thousands of stars. Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (Viz3D Team, STScI), and J. Anderson (STScI)](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Westerlund.gif?w=4096&format=png)
This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images chronicles the waxing and waning of the amount of cloud cover on Neptune....
![Seven Hubble images of Neptune stretch across the top of the image. Neptune appears like a mottled, dark-blue orb with light-blue and white patches. Underneath the images of Neptune is a plot showing the level of ultra-violet light from the Sun.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubble-neptuneclouds-stsci-01h7dnwehgv47nrnqcknhjdxje.png?w=4096&format=png)
This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images chronicles the waxing and waning of the amount of cloud cover on Neptune....
![A series of eight images of Neptune: four on the upper half of the image and four on the lower half of the image. The planet appears as a dark-blue sphere dotted with bright white patches.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubble-neptuneclouds-stsci-01h7dm9semy4vg4hr3y1xbh8rf.png?w=4096&format=png)
The end of a Hubble gyro reveals the hair-thin wires known as flex leads. They carry data and electricity inside...
![The end of a Hubble gyroscope that shows hair thin wires.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubblegyro.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Swirls of gas and dust reside in this ethereal-looking region of star formation imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/stsci-01evt78v0g5s606tshhwhyvtpv.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The Hubble Rate Gyro Assembly contains a gyroscope and all of its associated electronics.
![A Hubble gyro in its metal container with a bundle of electronic wires and a connector extending outside the cylinder. The unit sits next to a yellow ruler to show it is approximately one half foot long. All are on a blue background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubblerategyroassembly.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with...
![A galaxy, large and occupying most of the view from the center. The whole galaxy is made of smooth, diffuse light. The galaxy is surrounded by a smoky gray halo. Many stars shine around the galaxy, on a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubble-ngc6684-potw2332a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The glittering, glitzy contents of the globular cluster NGC 6652 sparkle in this star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
![A dense spherical cluster of stars. The stars merge into a bright core in the center, and spread out to the edges gradually, giving way to an empty, dark background. Most of the stars are small points of light. A few stars with cross-shaped diffraction spikes appear larger and stand out in front.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hubble-ngc6652-potw2331a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Nancy Grace Roman (third from the left) with President John F. Kennedy and the other recipients of the 2nd Annual...
![A group of women receive an award from President John F. Kennedy in the White House.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ngr-1962-feb27-kennedy.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Senior system engineers discuss a “memory dump” of the Hubble Space Telescope's main computer, in which the contents of the...
![A group discusses operations in the Hubble control center while one man loos at data on a monitor.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/51881987711-1cd212ec60-o.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![A broad spiral galaxy seen directly face-on. It has two bright spiral arms that extend from a bar, which shines from the very center. Additional fainter arms branch off from these, studded with bright blue patches of star formation. Small, distant galaxies are dotted around it, on a dark background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hubble-ugc12295-potw2330a.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field consists of a rich tapestry of around 10,000 galaxies of all sizes, shapes, and ages....
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hubble-udf.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This is the last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) impactor...
![Image of boulders on the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos as seen by DART prior to impact.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hubble-dart-stsci-01h5q6xwg3ggkqvtfhyxn032km.png?w=4096&format=png)
Seven-time Academy-Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio records narration for the IMAX® 3D space film, Hubble 3D.
![Leonardo Dicaprio in a sound room recording the narration for a Hubble movie.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/434195main-hubble13.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA Visitor Relations Specialists Holley Argus (seated, l) and Nick Middleton talk with visitors at INFINITY Science Center during the...
![Two women standing and talking to two NASA employees sitting at an exhibit table.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0085.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA representative Maurice Henderson (r) talks with guests on Feb. 11 during opening weekend of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit at...
![One man talking to another man about the Hubble traveling exhibit and both men are standing](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0061.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The interactive Hubble Traveling Exhibit features sections that highlight different aspects of Hubble, including a station showcasing the spacecraft’s equipment...
![A young boy inserting his handing into plastic tubes into a mechanical box that simulates hubbles equipment](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0056.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
A visitor looks at a Hubble Sky Map on Feb. 11 at INFINITY Science Center. The map is part of...
![a women looking at a digital display of the Hubble Sky Map on Feb. 11 at INFINITY Science Center](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0053.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
A guest reads about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during a walkthrough of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit at INFINITY Science Center...
![A guest reads about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0050.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
As part of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit, the tunnel is a path that surrounds visitors with a series of images...
![Hubble Traveling Exhibit tunnel](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0044.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Visitors walk through the Hubble Traveling Exhibit at the INFINITY Science Center.
![Visitors walk through the Hubble Traveling Exhibit](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0037.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![An irregular galaxy that appears like a triangle-shaped patch of tiny stars. It is densest in the center and along one edge, growing faint out to the opposite corner. A bright star, with two sets of long spikes, is between the viewer and the galaxy.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/potw2329a-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field,...
![10,000 galaxies in a single image, appearing as small swirls and dots of light.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/10_000_galaxies_in_a_single_image__appearing_as_small_swirls_and_dots_of_light.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Eight impacts from Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 are visible in this Hubble Space Telescope image from Jupiter taken in 1994. The...
![String of impact scars in the clouds of Jupiter](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/String_of_impact_scars_in_the_clouds_of_Jupiter.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hubble-postdoc-fellows-2018.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed Saturn, left, and Mars, right, near their closest approaches to Earth in June and...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/saturn-mars-banner.png?w=4096&format=png)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hubbletarget-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy, a fuzzy oval tilted diagonally and partially towards the viewer. The center glows in warm colors, and has two prominent spiral arms around it, with bright points of star formation. The galaxy appears centrally in a field of small stars and galaxies on a dark background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hubble-ugc11860-potw2327a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A galaxy, large and occupying most of the view from the center. The whole galaxy is made of smooth, diffuse light. In the center it is brighter and bluer, fading to a pale gray halo that is faint and see-through. The light forms an arm on one side that curls around the top. A couple threads of dark dust cross the center. Many stars shine around the galaxy, on a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-eso174-1-potw2326a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, M. Russo & A. Santaguida
NASA/Hubble; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (Matt Russo, Andrew Santaguida)
NASA/ESA/G. Piotto; Processing: Gladys Kober; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI);...
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida
NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team (Sylvia Baggett [STScI], Richard Hook [ST-ECF], Zoltan Levay [STScI]);Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo,...
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team; Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: Ray A. Lucas (STScI/AURA); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and A. Aloisi (STScI/ESA); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
X-ray (Chandra): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical (Hubble): NASA/ESA/STScI; Radio (ALMA): ESO/NAOJ/NRAO; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
Image: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: P. Knezek (WIYN); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain); Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds...
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-Hubble/Europe Collaboration; Acknowledgment: H. Bond (STScI and Pennsylvania State University); Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds...
NASA, ESA, H.E. Bond (STScI) and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA);Sonification: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
![Lower half of Jupiter. Cloud bands of rusty-orange, dull yellow, white, and brown. Swirling ovals and turbulent waves of clouds bound by the bands. Yellow-orange moon, Io, just right of center. It casts its shadow toward the planet's left limb.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-jupiter-stsci-01gv3cw9mx85dn9kz9ekqatzsr.png?w=4096&format=png)
![2 views: Uranus, on its side, colored cyan with pinkish-gray limb. Left 2014: faint, pinkish bands run nearly vertically, white cloud splotches dot right half. Right 2022: faint, pink ring almost face on, large area of white covers planet's right side.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-uranus-stsci-01gv3gfp5wtr8a97a9qhgac547.png?w=4096&format=png)
![2 Jupiter views. Left Nov 2022: rusty-orange, yellow, and cream cloud bands with whitish ovals. Io is right of center, casting black shadow to far left. Right Jan 2023: Great Red Spot is prominent. Ganymede is gray orb crossing Jupiter’s face.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-jupiter-stsci-01gv3fd0axt0pybrbc16c7f6zv.png?w=4096&format=png)
This graphic shows how microlensing was used to measure the mass of a white dwarf star. The dwarf, called LAWD...
![Black background with stars. Image center: blue-white star (LAWD 37) surrounded by horizontal rectangle that indicates the area highlighted in an inset box. Inset box illustrates the path of LAWD 37 and the position of the background star relative to it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-whitedwarfmass-stsci-01gqqsf16e0exw0xezpd67p70n.png?w=4096&format=png)
This artist's illustration shows how the gravity of a foreground white dwarf star warps space and bends the light of...
![Illustration center: blue-white star (white dwarf) rests on a grid representing the fabric of spacetime. Lower right of white dwarf: illustration of Hubble. Above white dwarf: the actual and observed position of the gravitationally lensed star.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-whitedwarfmass-stsci-01gqqs0s1g3nznc0zbjvnaq6q5-header.png?w=4096&format=png)
These three Hubble images capture the breakup of the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by NASA's 1,200-pound Double...
![Top (+1.9 hours): bright-white core surrounded by blue cloud. Ejecta Cone rising vertically. Middle (+1.7 days): Blue cloud extended at 2 and 7 o'clock. Ejecta cone curving to the right. Bottom (+11.9 days): double tail formed to the right of bright core.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-dart-stsci-01gsrbxep9k7fs7gdvsqnjw7zq.png?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble image is from October 8, 2022, 11.9 days after impact. A double tail formed to the right of...
![Small white dot left of center. An irregularly-shaped blue haze surrounds it. A long blue tail trails off to the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-dart-stsci-01gse086aak095ewfdx68p1he3.png?w=4096&format=png)
This movie captures the breakup of the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by NASA's 1,200-pound Double Asteroid Redirection...
Since their discovery by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary "spoke" features across Saturn's rings have fascinated scientists, yet...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observation time devoted to Saturn each year, thanks to the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL)...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-saturnspokes-stsci-01gph6dah7k11cg5pcvq4b9fq5-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This is a composite image showing the Saturn Lyman-alpha bulge, and emission from hydrogen which is a persistent and unexpected...
![Blue, tilted, oblate sphere that is striped with dark blue, light blue, and white bands that run from the upper left of the sphere to the lower right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-saturnlymanalpha-stsci-01gw30qm3c2wx3vhpp1a67x48w.png?w=4096&format=png)
The class of 2023 NHFP Fellows are shown in this photo montage (left to right, top to bottom): The Einstein...
![Honeycomb of with each cell holding the smiling face of one of the 24 NASA Hubble 2023 Postdoctoral Fellows.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-2023fellows-stsci-01gwwe956j608mkrm1h2nt09j9-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of a pair of quasars that existed when the universe was just 3 billion years...
![A Hubble photograph of two, closely spaced, white objects, one above and to the left of the other. Each is surrounded by a diffuse orange ring with small orange rays. Black background with very faint brownish orange splotches.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-doublequasar-stsci-01gwjek5wdtz3rq7kbmke39g06.png?w=4096&format=png)
This artist's concept shows the brilliant glare of two quasars residing in the cores of two galaxies that are in...
![Artist concept: Two merging galaxies have a light blue glow overlaid by brownish-gold clouds set against a black, deep-space field. Two quasars are closely spaced, white objects at the merger's center: one above and to the right of the other.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-doublequasar-stsci-01gwq9wa2k9n3tvybwsze8pdn7-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble Space Telescope archival photo captures a curious linear feature that is so unusual it was first dismissed as...
![Hubble image of black, deep-space field with white, yellow, and reddish galaxies. Image center: small, white-bordered, boxed area that contains one, long, thin, diagonal streak of whitish-blue stars. Two galaxies also reside within the box.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-runawayblackhole-annotated-stsci-01gwq2jwx5gt80ydhdgp74m1ns.png?w=4096&format=png)
This is an artist's impression of a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy as a...
![Illustration: black field with white, yellow, and red galaxies. A black hole near bottom left corner plows through space, leaving a diagonal trail of newborn stars stretching back to the black hole's parent galaxy in the upper right corner.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-runawayblackhole-stsci-01gx657xta7kn3a8rpsdxs9d07.png?w=4096&format=png)
This animation begins with a Hubble Space Telescope photo of the huge elliptical galaxy M87. It then fades to a...
A photo of the huge elliptical galaxy M87 [left] is compared to its three-dimensional shape as gleaned from meticulous observations...
![Left, M87 photo: translucent, fuzzy-white galaxy. Blue jet extends outward from point-like core. Right, M87 3D illustration: egg-shaped grid of lines, long axis oriented from lower left to upper right. Simulated galaxy image is within the grid.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-keck-m87-3d-stsci-01gxs1t379z0rzp5gvvbdd82qh-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This is a simulation of the motions of stars around a suspected black hole in the core of the globular...
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the globular star cluster, Messier 4. The cluster is a dense collection of several...
![The field is filled with stars against a black background. Stars are more dense at image center and taper off toward the edges. Star colors are mainly white and blue-white with a smattering of large, orangish stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-m4-stsci-01h0n3m9t3gxjh4mzcqk6b3ff2.png?w=4096&format=png)
The lenticular galaxy NGC 5283 is the subject of this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 5283 contains an active...
![Lower left: Bright-white sphere of stars that is more diffuse toward its edges. Band of brown streaks arcs from the sphere's lower left to upper right where a face-on barred spiral galaxy shines in the distance. Black background dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc5283-v4-mstr-flat-final-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble image looks at of one of NGC 4395's spiral arms. The image uses data from Hubble's Wide Field...
![A patriotic groups of red, white, and blue stars, gas, and dust fills the scene on a black background. Groups of stars and gas are denser at image center. One lone yellow star shines toward the lower right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc4395-wfc3-acs-5f-flat-crop-final-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The larger Hubble image shows the central region of NGC 4395 along with a smaller Digital Sky Survey inset image,...
![Bright white, pink, and blue stars and gas, concentrated in the lower left of the frame. Black background. Lower Left: small image of NGC 4395 that shows the location of larger Hubble image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc4395-inset-center-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A collection of oval-shaped, elliptical galaxies. The largest has two neighboring bright spots in the core. It and two others look like galaxy clusters, with surrounding smaller galaxies. On the left edge of the image are two bright stars with four long spikes, and on the right edge is a small ring-shaped galaxy. Smaller stars and galaxies are spread evenly across the dark background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-acos520-potw2317a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy. Its spiral arms are studded with many pink spots, especially around the top of the galaxy. One arm is sticking out below the galaxy. From it and around the bottom of the galaxy, faint gas streams away, while little gas is visible above the galaxy. The galaxy is quite small in the center of a dark background, where a few smaller galaxies of various shapes and sizes hang.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-jo175-potw2318a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A cluster of large galaxies, surrounded by various stars and smaller galaxies on a dark background. The central cluster is mostly made of bright elliptical galaxies that are surrounded by a warm glow. Close to the cluster core is the stretched, distorted arc of a galaxy, gravitationally lensed by the cluster.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-emacs-j1823.1-potw2319a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy. It is large in the center with a lot of detail visible. The core glows brightly and is surrounded by concentric rings of dark and light dust. The spiral arms are thick and puffy with grey dust and glowing blue areas of star formation. They wrap around the galaxy to form a ring. Part of the arm is drawn out into a dark thread above the galaxy, and dust from the arm trails off to the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-jw39-potw2321a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A galaxy fills up most of the frame from the right. It is fuzzy and diffuse but made up of numerous tiny stars. In the core, the stars merge into a glowing bar shape. The gas and stars in the galaxy vary between warm and cool colors. They are spread over a large area, the colors mixing like clouds. The glow of the galaxy fades into a black background, with a few stars and small, distant galaxies.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc7292-potw2324a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy that is tilted partially toward us. Its inner disc is bright and colorful, with bluish and reddish spots of star formation throughout the arms. An outer disc of pale, dim dust surrounds it. It has many arms, which are being pulled away from the disc, down and to the right. They stretch into long, faint trails that cross the image. The background is dark and mostly empty, with three bright stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-j0206-potw2323a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Bright-white galaxy stretching across the center of the frame from left to right. The galaxy's core is brightest at image center. Filaments of reddish-brown gas and dust follow the arc of the galaxy's curve. All on a black background dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc3489-1-flat-final-crop-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A large spiral galaxy. It has many narrow arms that are tightly-twisted in the center, but at the ends they point out in different directions. The galaxy’s core glows brightly, while its disc is mostly faint, but with bright blue spots throughout the arms. A few smaller spiral galaxies at varying angles are visible in front, and it is surrounded by other tiny stars and galaxies, on a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ugc-678-potw2316a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy in the center is tilted almost edge-on. The bright core and spiral arms can just be seen from the top. A slight glow surrounds it. Below, strands made of bright blue patches trail down like tentacles. On the left it is just touched by a second, faint and dim galaxy. The background is very dark, with only a few other stars and tiny galaxies visible.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-j0204-potw2315a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy. It has two almost-straight arms coming from the left and right of the core that meet a starry ring around the galaxy’s edge. The ring is bluish in color, and the core is golden and shining. A faint halo of light also surrounds the galaxy. There is one bright star with many diffraction spikes, and a few small stars all around on a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-z229-15-potw2313a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A thin spiral galaxy is seen edge-on in the lower right. Its bulge and arms are very bright, mixing reddish and bluish light. Patchy blue trails extend below it, resembling tentacles, made from star-forming regions. Six small, reddish elliptical galaxies are scattered around. A very large elliptical galaxy with two cores sits by the top of the frame.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-jw100-potw2312a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A wide band of bluish light extends from the center of the image to the right side. It is speckled with many tiny stars, and a few small, bright red bubbles of gas, identifying it as a galaxy. The background is black, and has small galaxies and stars spread around. Most are too small to distinguish, except for two oval-shaped galaxies, each having a hazy glow around a bright center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ugca307-potw2311a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy. It is irregularly-shaped and its spiral arms are difficult to distinguish. The edges are faint and the core has a pale glow. It is dotted with small, wispy, pink regions where stars are forming. A few stars and small galaxies in warm colors are visible around it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ngc5486-potw2310a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A spiral galaxy lies just off-centre. It has large, faint, reddish spiral arms and a bright, reddish core. These lie over two brighter blue spiral arms. These are patchy, with blotches of star formation. Long trails of these bright blotches trail down from the lower spiral arm, resembling tendrils. The background is black, lightly scattered with small galaxies and stars, and a larger elliptical galaxy in one corner.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-ka364-potw2309a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Wispy, nebulous clouds extend from the lower-left of the image. At the top and right the dark background of space can be seen through the sparse nebula. Along the left and in the corner are many layers of brightly-colored gas and dark, obscuring dust. A cluster of small, bright blue stars in the same corner expands out across the image. Many much smaller stars cover the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-trantula-potw2305a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A cluster of large galaxies, surrounded by various stars and smaller galaxies on a dark background. The central cluster is mostly made of bright elliptical galaxies that are surrounded by a warm glow. Nearby the cluster is the stretched, distorted arc of a galaxy, gravitationally lensed by the cluster.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-spt-clj0019-2026-potw2308a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A black, mostly empty field with a variety of stars and galaxies spread across it. Most are very small. A couple of galaxies and stars are larger with visible details. In the centre is a relatively small, irregularly-shaped galaxy; it is formed of many very small stars and a few slightly larger, bright stars, all surrounded by a very faint glow that marks the borders of the galaxy.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-donotielloii-potw2306a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Three galaxies stand together just right of centre. They are close enough that they appear to be merging into one. Their shapes are distorted, with strands of gas and dust running between them. Each is emitting a lot of light. Further to the left is an unconnected, dimmer spiral galaxy. The background is dark, with a few smaller, dim and faint galaxies and a couple of stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hubble-sdsscgb10189-potw2307a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system...
At around 60 million light-years from Earth, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 is captured beautifully in this image...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ngc1365-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120...
![Spirals of gas and dsut emenate from a central point in a spiral galaxy](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ngc2276-stsci-01f60mpctq7sdsb7w4wbedxz56.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble captured this stunning view of spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101), which is also called the Pinwheel Galaxy.
![Looking like a pinwheel, this face-on spiral galaxy holds a bright-white core at image center. Arms curve outward from the core. They hold dark dust lanes and bright star-forming regions. All on a black background dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/spiral-galaxy-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino participate in the fourth extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-109 mission. The...
![Two astronauts in white space suits in the space shuttle bay replacing instruments on Hubble in space](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/27923244952-fa0f249d28-6k-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Though fragile comet nuclei have been seen falling apart as they near the Sun, nothing like the slow breakup of...
![Black background. Five bright, blue-white dots clustered near the image center. Three are exactly at image center, one is above and to the left of center, the final one is below and to the right of center. The dots are surrounded by a blue haze.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-asteroid-p2013r3-stsci-01evvm0d7ztyzy2yddsysem9gp-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
An Asteroid That Split in Two 5,000 Years Ago Is Spouting a Comet Tail Astronomers categorize the minor bodies in...
![Five, rectangular images stacked on top of each other. Each image holds two bright-white points surrounded by blue gas with a blue tail.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-binaryasteroid2006-vw139-288p-stsci-01evvb5apn45g4qfndvkf4g69b.png?w=4096&format=png)
HST in orbit shot 2
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hst-bp-two-01199.png?w=4096&format=png)
Cluster NGC 3532 is near the Carina Nebula, a vast star-forming region shown in this Hubble Space Telescope composite image.
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/24850463718-07b2a6473e-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
STS-125 Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) John Grunsfeld, positioned on the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) Manipulator Foot Restraint (MFR), and...
![Two astronauts in white space suits tethered on a robotic arm servicing the Hubble Space Telescope in space.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/28240471725-26f9e92cfd-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
STS-125 Mission Specialist 4 (MS4) Mike Massimino smiles for a photo during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA4)....
![Astronaut in a white space suit smiling in a selfie with a crewmate, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Earth in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/47789379502-ce1e07c969-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
One of the solar panels of the Hubble Space Telescope is pictured 350 miles above Pacific Ocean clouds southwest of...
![Gold solar array in foreground and Earth in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27990759026-6e480925d7-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This image shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being berthed in Discovery's payload bay on Dec. 21, 1999. The photo...
![View from out of a shuttle window of the Hubble Space Telescope in space with the Earth in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/28024339885-e19509765f-c-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The NICMOS instrument onboard Hubble.
![This is a diagram of the NICMOS instrument.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nicmos-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Astronaut Steve Smith carefully removes STIS from the protective enclosure that carried it into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
![Astronaut in a white space suit on EVA in space removing a black box from the shuttle bay.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/stsci-h-p1706b-m2000x2000.png?w=4096&format=png)
Backdropped against the aft end of Discovery's cargo bay, Mark C. Lee, STS-82 payload commander, sets up equipment during the...
![Astronaut in a white space suit in space doing maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope with the shuttle Discovery's cargo bay door open.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/27946391401-c08518404d-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Astronaut John Grunsfeld works to replace Hubble’s Support Systems Module Equipment Section Bay 3 battery.
![Astronaut in a white suit on a white mechanical arm replacing equipment](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/28162761821-73ce6c28ea-c-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This scientific visualization flies through a 3D model of the HUDF galaxies. Each of the more than 5,000 galaxies in...
Detailed images of the nearby star Beta Pictoris, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, confirm the existence of not one...
![Annotated image. Dark sphere at center. At the equator of the sphere, a line of orangish-pink extends from both sides of the planet. A fainter line also extends from both sides of the planet. It is inclined slightly to the planet's equator.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-betapic-doubledisk-stsci-01evvem4cb3jgnn3804xe6v75m-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The “Antennae Galaxies,” NGC 4038 and 4039, are spiral galaxies in the process of merging. The bright knots in the...
Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet Makemake Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Producer: Katrina Jackson
Without warning, a mystery object struck Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific...
![The orange and yellow clouds of a close-up view of Jupiter fill the image. A dark marron elongated oval reveals the site of an asteroid impact.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-jupiterasteroidimpact-stsci-01evvdcdkz377008am1hsz745j-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble directly images possible plumes on Europa. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Producer: Katrina Jackson
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph took a series of snapshots of Saturn's aurora dancing in the sky. The ultraviolet...
This composite video illustrates the auroras on Jupiter relative to their position on the giant planet. The Jupiter auroras observed...
From its vantage point high above Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed its annual grand tour of the...
Like the speed of an advancing race car driver, the winds in the outermost “lane” of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot...
A gush of light unleashed by the explosive death of a star is the gift that keeps on giving. The...
In January 2002, a red supergiant star named V838 Monocerotis expanded very quickly, heating the surrounding interstellar dust to extreme,...
The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This concentrated group...
![A dense cluster of bright stars. The core of the cluster is to the left and has a distinct group of blue stars. Surrounding the core are a multitude of stars in warmer colors. These stars are very numerous near the core and become more sparse, as well as more small and distant, out to the sides of the image. A few larger stars also stand in the foreground near the edges of the image.]](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hubble-ngc6325-potw2320a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Portrait of astronomer Alan Stern, Principal Investigator, NASA's New Horizons Mission
![Portrait of astronomer Alan Stern in a black suit set against a blue background](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/174142main-alan-stern-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble STS-31 Crew Patch for the 1990 Deployment mission aboard Discovery.
![Hubble Crew patch. Oval patch with "Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless, Sullivan" written on the border. These are the names of the astronauts on the mission. Inside the patch we see the Shuttle swooping in front of a black background, with Hubble in the image as well.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sts-31-patch-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble Servicing Mission 1 (SM1) Patch from the 1993 mission.
![Hubble Servicing Mission One Mission Patch. Circular patch with a red border with the words "Hubble Space Telescope" on the top, and "Industry, NASA, ESA, Universities" at the bottom. The inner portion of the patch is blue with stars, and it shows the Shuttle swooping from the Earth, capturing Hubble, with big bold "HST Servicing Mission" written.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-mission-patch-sm1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This visualization zooms into the Orion Nebula and then flies through a 3D model using both visible light (Hubble Space...
The Hubble traveling exhibit includes a section on the new James Webb Space Telescope. Launched at the end of 2021,...
![A scaled spacecraft model and explanatory panels on display describing the James Webb Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitjameswebbstation-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A visitor uses the interactive skymap station in the Hubble traveling exhibit to select an object on the night sky...
![An interactive skymap that allows visitors to select an item on the night sky and see the image that Hubble took of it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0053-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Hubble traveling exhibit includes a station to learn about the different wavelengths of light, A visitor puts their hand...
![An interactive exhibit where a visitor puts their hand under a camera and they see it on the screen in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitmultispectralstation-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Telescope section of the Hubble traveling exhibit illustrates how the telescope is designed and includes interactive stations to help...
![A section of the Hubble traveling exhibit that discusses how the telescope works and how it is powered.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibittelescope-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Servicing mission station of the Hubble traveling exhibit provides an overview of each of the five missions that astronauts...
![The HST servicing mission station highlighting each mission and the tools used by the astronauts](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitservicingmissions-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Universe station of the HST traveling exhibit discusses the Universe over time and explains the Hubble Legacy Field image.
![A large panel discussing the Universe over time and the key points of the Hubble Legacy Field image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibituniverse-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The front of the Universe station of the HST traveling exhibit contains an 11 foot by 6 foot back lit...
![An 11 foot by 6 foot backlit image of the Hubble Legacy Field](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibituniverseduratran-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Galaxy station of the HST traveling exhibit discusses galaxies types, collisions, and the specific detail seen in the Whirlpool...
![A large panel discussing galaxies and the key points of the Whirlpool Galaxy](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitgalaxies-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Stars station of the HST traveling exhibit discusses how stars are born and die.
![A large panel discussing the life cycle of stars and the key highlights of the Eagle Nebula image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitstars-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The front side of the Planets exhibit is a 11 foot by 6 foot collage of Hubble images of the...
![An 11 foot by 6 foot backlit image of a collage of planets](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitplanetsduratran-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The backside of the HST traveling exhibit center piece explains how Hubble's images are sharper because the telescope is above...
![The backside of the HST traveling exhibit is shown that explains why scientists want a telescope above the blurring affects of Earth's atmosphere.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelinexhibitabovetheatmosphere-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Visitors at the INFINITY Science Center walkthrough the Hubble traveling exhibit tunnel looking at more than three decades o images...
![People walking through a tunnel of images at the entry way to the HST traveling exhibit.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0037-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A Science on a Sphere sits above the main centerpiece of the exhibit with four projectors that synchronously display images...
![A 3-foot sphere is illuminatedabove the centerpiece station with the earth projected onto it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hsttravelingexhibitscienceonasphere-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Introcution panel, far right, provides an overview of the Hubble mission and credits for the exhibit.
![An interaction panel and tunne of Hubble images at the entryway of the Hubble traveling exhibit](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hststation-introductypanel-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This panorama view of the Hubble traveling exhibit shows the main science stations with the centerpiece that shows that contains...
![A panorama view of the Hubble traveling exhibit with its center piece model and four science stations.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubbletravelingexhibitpanerama-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Planet station of the Hubble traveling exhibit discusses the formation of our solar system and displays the many solar...
![The Hubble Traveling Exhibit station that tells the story of our solar system and its planets is on display at a science center](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hubbletravelingexhibitplanetsstation-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The center piece of the traveling exhibit contains explanatory panels of the history of the mission, a spacecraft model, and...
![The center piece of the Hubble traveling exhibit can be seen with its spacecraft model and illuminated sphere of the earth.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hsttravelingexhibitcenterpiece-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Maurice Henderson of the Hubble Space Telescope Project explains the wavelengths of light that the telescope observes with a traveling...
![A HUbbe Team member explains the wavelengths of light to visitors at an interactive light station that is part of the Hubble traveling exhibit.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0061-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The HST Traveling Exhibit on display at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA
![The HST Traveling Exhibit layout and stations as seen from a balcony.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hsttravelingexhibit-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The standard layout for the Hubble Traveling Exhibit is a square layout that can be reconfigured for a different floor...
![An engineering diagram of the traveling exhibit layer out in the standard square formation, as seen from the top down](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/28715074665-6a550f9711-o.png?w=4096&format=png)
The interactive Hubble Traveling Exhibit features sections that highlight different aspects of Hubble, including a station showcasing the spacecraft’s equipment...
![A visitor center guest stands with his hands in two tubes, one with thermal insulation and one without, to understand how temperature is controlled on the spacecraft](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/s23-019-hubble-traveling-exhibit-0056-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Hubble communications team engages the public with Hubble’s discoveries through augmented reality, holograms, and other technology at an airshow...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/careers-comms.png?w=4096&format=png)
Image Processor Gladys Kober
![headshot of a woman wearing a dark brown sweater and brown hair sitting a white chair with a Hubble spacecraft model on the right](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img-0653-3-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
July 15, 2021 - NASA Begins Switch to Backup Spacecraft Hardware Today, NASA began a switch to backup spacecraft hardware...
![A man and a woman standing in the Hubble control center both look concerned regarding the process of switching to backup spacecraft hardware.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/a-gsfcrr20210715192-low.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Deputy Operations Manager Morgan Van Arsdall
![woman sitting at a computer desk in front of a bank of computer monitors, a phone and a keyboard](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img-0506-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Former Hubble Senior Scientist David Leckrone.
![David Leckrone standing in front of a picture of the Hubble Space Telescope](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/david-leckrone-jpg-e1683134354651.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster...
![Yellow and white colored galaxies litter the frame. Blue, blue-white, and white clouds denote the distribution of dark matter, which is concentrated just to the left of center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-abell1689-stsci-01evt51gf48v0m97jr52faasj2-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble in space, orbiting above the blue earth.
![Image of Hubble seen floating above the Earth in orbit. Under Hubble, the blue colored landmass is visible through the clouds. On the upper half of the image, the darkness of space is seen.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-in-space-image-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange...
![Hubble image of an "Einstein Ring." In this image we see dozens and dozens of bright points of light, all of which are galaxies. In the middle however, we see a stretched out ring of light which almost makes an entire circle, or ring. In the middle of the ring there are more points of light clustered together.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/potw2050a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen almost edge-on
![Closeup image of spiral galaxy. Viewed at a high angle, meaning that this is mostly a side view of the galaxy, we can see lots of bright stars within the spiral arms of the galaxy. Nearer to the viewer however is a large, dark grouping of dust and gas.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/galaxy-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Image of Hubble from SM3B. Hubble orbiting above a very dark blue ocean.
![Image of Hubble, bright and silver from the reflection of the sun is seen orbiting above a very dark blue ocean.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-above-blue-earth-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble solar array deployment from the 1990 Deployment mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
![A closeup view of one of Hubble's golden solar arrays. At the very bottom of the image the grappling arm is visible, with Hubble hidden away in the background behind the solar array.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iss049e050595-2.png?w=4096&format=png)
Space Shuttle Discovery Closeup image.
![Closeup image of the Space Shuttle Discovery. In this image you can only see its powerful black engines, while on the right wing the American Flag is present along with the words "Discovery" under it. The left wing is mostly cut off from the image, but you can see half of the blue NASA Meatball. Behind the spacecraft you can just make out the blue Earth below.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iss013e47643-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble science team member Adam Riess and fellow astronomers won the Nobel Prize in Physics from the Royal Swedish Academy...
![A circular, gold Nobel Prize Medal sits against a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hubble-nobelmedalimage.png?w=4096&format=png)
The three Fine Guidance Sensors are part of Hubble’s Pointing Control System, which also includes gyroscopes (gyros) and reaction wheels.
![Simple illustration showing Hubble, deep purple. The purpose of the illustration is to show the viewer where Hubble's reaction wheels are (the middle of the spacecraft.) As well as its Gyros and Fine Guidance Sensors. (Closer to the bottom) The image also shows where Hubble's mirrors are, shown here in bright blue.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hst-cutaway-black-background.png?w=4096&format=png)
Astronaut Michael Good holds a battery module during the removal and replacement of Hubble Space Telescope batteries during Servicing Mission...
![Image shows the side of an astronaut in his space suit in space. He is changing out batteries on the side of the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture is bright, both astronaut and Hubble were in the sun when this was taken. The astronaut's pistol grip tool, which looks like an electric screwdriver, rests at his side.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/battery-replacement-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Animation of Hubble speeding past the camera, far above Earth.
![Animated image of the Hubble Space Telescope, moments before it will fly by the viewer. Under Hubble you can see the Earth, dark blue from an Ocean, with a large green body of land to the left.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubbleflies0214-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Astronauts John Grunsfeld (positioned on end of the space shuttle Atlantis’ robotic arm) and Andrew Feustel work together to remove...
![2 astronauts in their spacesuits are seen floating near the side of Hubble. Hubble, bright silver, from its reflection of the sun is many times larger than the two astronauts. On the right of the image the CANADARM is seen.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-observatory-instruments-interferometers-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Light Path of the Hubble Space Telescope
![Side view of a cutout of Hubble. This illustration shows the light path for Hubble. A distant celestial object's light will go down Hubble's tube, reflect off of the primary mirror, bounce onto the secondary mirror, and then into the science instruments.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iss049e050595-8.png?w=4096&format=png)
NASAFACTS .pdf file going over the Hubble Space Telescope's Missions Operations.
![Screenshot of .pdf of "NASAFACTS" document, titled "Hubble Space Telescope - Mission Operations" The document has lots of text going over the mission, this is a thumbnail, when clicking it the .pdf will open.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nasa-facts-hubble-pdf-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
View of Hubble's "Space Telescope Operations Control Center" Also known as the STOCC. This is the thumbnail for the 360...
![360 image of Hubble's "Space Telescope Operations Control Center" The image is stretched because it is designed for 360 degree viewing. The image shows many desks within the control center with data on their screens.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/stocc360tour-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This graphic is to be used as a placeholder until the correct asset can replace this.
![icon of a galaxy and white placeholder text on a black background](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/placeholder.png?w=4096&format=png)
The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400...
![Image of a colorful blues and dark browns nebula with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc2024_flame1_wfc3_ir_display-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly...
![A cloud of yellow, pink, blue, and green with white filaments.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/crab_nebula-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
M82 lies 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Fermi’s LAT and the ground-based VERITAS observatory have detected...
![A bluish streak of light extends from the lower left to the upper right, with threads of reddish dust and gas seen throughout, all against a black backdrop of space.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IYL_Blog_M82.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Photo of Steven Hawley](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble-astronaut-bios-hawley-steven.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Photo of Michael Foale](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble-astronaut-bios-foale-michael.png?w=4096&format=png)
The eXtreme Deep Field.
![The eXtreme Deep Field.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/690957main1_p1237a1-673-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble Discoveries Highlights](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble-discoveries-highlights.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble’s view of Pluto provided NASA’s New Horizons mission with the best available information for planning its rendezvous with the...
![Hubble surface brightness (albedo) observations of Pluto, mapped over spheres. Three spheres holding Hubble's albedo observations of Pluto. A grid representing the longitude and latitude of the planet is superimposed on the sphere over the Hubble observations.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/i1006ay-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
An odd, X-shaped debris field trailing dusty streamers is likely the remnants of an asteroid collision. Scientists think that a...
![Hubble observations of possible asteroid collision remnants. Streak of blue-white light that begins at lower-left with an X-shape, and extends with a long tail to the upper right. Lower right holds a close-up of the "X."](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/prc10-07-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This animation shows Fomalhaut b’s movement over time.
![Animation of Hubble Fomalhaut observations. The animation shows a yellow-red blob of material moving through the field of view.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fomalhaut.gif?w=4096&format=png)
(Left) This Hubble image shows the bright core at the center of galaxy M84, surrounded by a vertical dark band...
![Left: A diffuse, white cloud that is vertically bisected by two dark dust lanes. A turquoise, vertical rectangle denotes the area that the spectrograph sampled. Right: A vertical zig-zag of colors that are green through the middle (top to bottom) and blue on the left and red on the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/prc97-12-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
An illustration of how the SN 1987A rings are oriented toward Earth.
![Two red rings overlap and bisect a center yellow ring that surrounds a bright-white point of light. As the animation progresses, the rings are viewed from the side revealing how they expanded outward from the central star.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sn1987a.gif?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble has revealed the astounding variety and amazing complexity of planetary nebulas.
![collage of Hubble views of planetary nebulas](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/nebulacollage_0.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for Caldwell 46 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.
![This star chart shows C46 just above the constellation Monocerotis in the southern night sky at 10pm in February.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/c46.png?w=4096&format=png)
This star chart for Caldwell 2 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.
![Line drawings of constellations pinpoint the location of Caldwell 2.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/c2_annotated_skymap_for_web.png?w=4096&format=png)
These two Hubble pictures show the same group of stars in Caldwell 106 (47 Tucanae) imaged with the Faint Object...
![Left: dark red to black background with bright-red gas clumps dotted with yellow stars. Right: red background dotted with yellow stars](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/c106-3-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Abell 370 is a massive galaxy cluster whose immense gravity distorts and magnifies the light of galaxies behind it. Hubble...
![Countless galaxies in orange, white, light blue, and yellow fill the screen against a black background. Faint arcs appear to curve around the image's center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1720a-k-1340x520-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the starburst galaxy NGC 2146 showing the position of the supernova SN 2018zd (large...
![A bright galaxy seen from the side, a dark dust lane cuts through the middle. A bright point is below and to the right of the galaxy.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc2146-750px-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![blue background, central star's light blocked, bright spot (PSD 70b) next to the star at 7 o'clock](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_pds70b_0.png?w=4096&format=png)
The TRAPPIST-1 system contains a total of seven planets, all around the size of Earth. Three of them — TRAPPIST-1e,...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/earth-sized-exos-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/extremedeepfieldthumb-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/betapictoris-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral-shaped disk of hot gas in the core of active galaxy M87....
![Bright-orange cloud. A bright-yellow point at lower left, from which shoots out a jet of material toward the upper right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/opo9423a_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
A Hubble Space Telescope image of a giant disk of cold gas and dust fueling a possible black hole at...
![A disk in orange-red, and yellow-white. A yellow white point at image center surrounded by a deep orange-red disk that is ringed by yellow-white and then more orange-red.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/core_of_ngc_4261_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Supernova 1987A
![A bright circle in the center of a broken, oval ring.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/supernova_1987a_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Even accounting for the aberration in Hubble's mirror, the space telescope's image (right) offers more clarity than what was generally...
![Two black and white images. Left is ground based image, the right is a Hubble image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hs-1990-04-a-full.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Two astronauts in training underwater.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/7998055_crop-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Black and white image of Sputnik 1 with a man standing on the left working on the satellite.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/190844main_gpn-2002-000166_full.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
This drawing shows an overview of the space shuttle.
![diagram of space shuttle](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1-8-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble Servicing Mission 4 mission patch.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sm4_logo-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble SM2 patch](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sm2_logo.png?w=4096&format=png)
![An illustration of a planet, its horizon lit in a reddish hue by a the glow of a nearby star. The video title and a play button are superimposed over the image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/exoplanets_button-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![eXtreme Deep Field](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/21-galaxies-extreme-deep-field.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Title at top left: Hubble Focus with the "o" in focus being represented by the opening of the telescope. Image center holds a bright-white star. Below the star is the book's title, "Strange New Worlds." Below that at bottom center, is a an orangish planet lit like a crescent by the star above. The planet holds vertical cloud stripes in rust and yellow.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_focus_exoplanets_cover_sm_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Changes in the Rate of Expansion over Time](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/magnetosphere-cropped-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
In this illustration super-Earth Kepler-138 d is in the foreground. To the left, the planet Kepler-138 c, and in the...
![Upper right: a blue world with white, linear clouds illuminated as a crescent by a distant star to the lower left of the planet. Two other distant planets are visible, one passing in front of the star, the other to the lower left of the star.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_waterworlds_stsci-01ggtf6gyh3pbetsdy77g7tvvy.png?w=4096&format=png)
In this illustration, the position of a dark, absorbing cloud of material is located high above the supermassive black hole...
![An illustration of an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14-172-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Astronomers have gotten creative in trying to trace the elusive cosmic web, the large-scale backbone of the cosmos. Researchers turned...
![Illustration: Purple filaments fill the view against a black background. They represent the growth of slime mold.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2011a-f-3531x2538-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This detailed view highlights the star Earendel's position along a ripple in space-time (dotted line) that magnifies it and makes...
![background galaxies, a faint, red arc holds 3 bright dots, the center one is Earendel](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_earendel_annotated.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Galaxies dot a black sky. a faint red arc holds three dots. the two outer dots are a lensed star cluster, the center dot is the farthest known star, dubbed Earendel.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_earendel.png?w=4096&format=png)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a detailed image of the tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131–31, nicknamed the "Peekaboo Galaxy," despite its...
![Black background peppered with blue-white stars and distant rusty-orange-red galaxies. Image Center: bright star with gaseous, blue, elongated, amorphous mass peppered with white stars just to the right. A box expands the for detailed view.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_hipassj1131_31_stsci-01gje0aa1sjdbamtjz6j0c6xwr.png?w=4096&format=png)
Tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131–31 peeks out from behind the glare of star TYC 7215-199-1, a Milky Way star positioned between...
![Black background peppered with blue-white stars and distant rusty-orange-red galaxies. center of image: bright star that holds a gaseous, blue, elongated, amorphous mass peppered with white stars just to the right of the star.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_hipassj1131_31_stsci-01gjdzxn9kmpg6v6gassmj2j6v.png?w=4096&format=png)
'Oumuamua was too small to appear as anything more than a point of light, even in the largest telescopes. But...
!['Oumuamua was too small to appear as anything more than a point of light, even in the largest telescopes.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/18-057-4.gif?w=4096&format=png)
This is an artist's illustration of the super-hot exoplanet WASP-79b, located 780 light-years away. The planet orbits precariously close to...
![illustration of exoplanet WASP-79b and its parent star](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-2018a-f-3840x2160-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
These galaxies are selected from a Hubble Space Telescope program to measure the expansion rate of the universe, called the...
![diagram depicting means of measuring Hubble constant](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1928a-m-2000x1750-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as...
![illustration of merging galaxies in night sky with rocky landscape silhouette in foreground](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/654242main_p1220b3k-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hiding among these thousands of galaxies are faint dwarf galaxies residing in the early universe, between 2 and 6 billion...
![CDF-S HST/ACS/WFC Full Mosaic](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14-173_hubble_image-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The day side of the planet, called WASP-12b, eats light rather than reflects it into space. The exoplanet, which is...
![Upper left, black planet. Lower right half of image holds a bright yellow star with orange-red prominences.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubblestscihp1738af4500x3600-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. This artist's concept appeared on the cover of...
![The TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4_cover_pia21421-png.png?w=4096&format=png)
![Diagram showing Uranus in the center and the paths of its rings and moons around the planet.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/139938main_uranus_ring-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This chart plots the excursion of a pair of auroral belts on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Their motion provides insight into...
![This chart plots the excursion of a pair of auroral belts on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This new portrait of Jupiter was produced from observations made using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
![A GIF of Jupiter rotating on its axis.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/spinning_jupiter.gif?w=4096&format=png)
The movement of Jupiter’s clouds can be seen by comparing the first map to the second one. Zooming in on...
![Hubble maps of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jupiterbefore-after-big_0.gif?w=4096&format=png)
In Jupiter’s North Equatorial Belt, scientists spotted a rare wave that had been seen there only once before. It is...
![rare wave pattern in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jupiterwave_falsecolor_with_arrows_and_combs-crop-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Turning its 2.4-metre eye to the Tarantula Nebula, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken this close-up of the outskirts...
![wispy blue and aqua clouds, shot through with dark filaments and cut with blazing stars](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/675693main_potw1232a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope caught the first clear image of a forming planet, PDS 70b, around a...
![The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope caught the first clear image of a forming planet, PDS 70b, around a dwarf star in 2018.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2_5.png?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration of the newly forming exoplanet PDS 70b shows how material may be falling onto the giant world as...
![This illustration of the newly forming exoplanet PDS 70b shows how material may be falling onto the giant world as it builds up mass.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1_36-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble image of a reddish-orange stellar jet against the bright blue nebula.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc1977_p2042_wfc3_acs_display-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble imaged a small section of the Running Man Nebula, which lies close to the famed Orion Nebula and is...
![lower left: bright blue nebula with wisps of purple around its edges, right side: Hubble image of a reddish-orange jet against the bright blue nebula.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc1977_p2042_inset_display-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble captured a bright jet from a newly forming star in this image of the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)....
![before](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc1977_p2042a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble photo of a random patch of sky is part of a survey called Frontier Fields. It contains thousands...
![star field with galaxies and scratch marks](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image1stscihp1733af2146x2400.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph can measure how the light from distant background objects is affected as it passes through the...
![Shows how the light from distant background objects is affected as it passes through the cloud](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image3hs201604cprint-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This collection of 36 images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope features galaxies that are all hosts to both Cepheid variables...
![A grid of 36 galaxy images, 4 rows of 9 images each.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_stsci-01g2qq6vynngwmfa90bhq9eavb.png?w=4096&format=png)
This is an artist's illustration of the planet KELT-20b which orbits a blue-white star. The giant planet is so close...
![Bright blue-white star fills the lower left side of the image, an orangish planet sits nearby just right of the image center](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_kelt20b.png?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration shows the seething hot planet Kepler-13Ab that circles very close to its host star, Kepler-13A. On the nighttime...
![A large planet with it's sun and a distant star.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image1stscihp1736af3850x5100-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1206. Embedded within the cluster are the distorted images...
![distant swirls of galaxies against the black backdrop of space](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2029a-f-2082x1911-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This sequence of artist's illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star. 1. A normal star passes...
![1) upper left: yellow-white star at left of frame, black hole at center right 2) upper right: stream of star gas swirls around and into a black hole 3) lower left: rusty-orange disk forms around a black hole 4) lower right: disk is enlarged, star is gone](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_tde_stsci-01gnygb4y8pgspy39rzd82ey3q.png?w=4096&format=png)
A pullout of the central region of dwarf starburst galaxy Henize 2-10 traces an outflow, or bridge of hot gas...
![dwarf galaxy with bright, blue stars, red and amber gas clouds, no visible spiral arms. callout at lower right zooms in on the galaxy's center, glowing amber gas and bright new stars](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_blkhole_henize2_10_inset-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This is an illustration of a planet that is four times the mass of Jupiter and orbits 5 billion miles...
![Illustration of a planet that is four times the mass of jupiter and orbits 5 billion miles from a brown dwarf companion object](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/p1605a1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This is an illustration of a close-up look at a black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy. The black...
![Stars and black, pink, and bluish-purple clouds of gas and dust swirl into a black hole at image center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_wanderingblackhole_art.png?w=4096&format=png)
This graphic illustrates how a faraway quasar's light is altered by a massive foreground galaxy and by tiny dark matter...
![graphic showing a quasar's light, warped to appear like four quasars to Hubble because of a massive galaxy in between](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2005b-f-4096x2160-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Each of these Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveals four distorted images of a background quasar and its host galaxy surrounding...
![bright quasar "dots" against black backgrounds of space](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2005a-f-1920x1280-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This four-panel graphic illustrates how the binary-star system V Hydrae is launching balls of plasma into space. Panel 1 shows...
![four part graphic showing illustrations of stellar activity](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubblecannoballp1634ay-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at...
![Bright-white star surrounded by a pinkish and white shell of gas. Black background dotted with stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-01f3tcjsp4qwakbwd4ss081t22.png?w=4096&format=png)
This diagram reveals the proposed structure of a gas-and-dust disk surrounding the nearby, young star TW Hydrae.The illustration shows an...
![graphic showing stellar disk in blue at a steep angle](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1703b-f2850x1800-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot...
![One large panel and four smaller panels with the label “Galaxy Cluster Abell 370.” The image is a field of many dozens of white, yellow, red, and blue galaxies of various sizes and shapes.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-01ggt9tzjc2031623am72rsvy8.png?w=4096&format=png)
This Hubble Space Telescope image represents a portion of the Hubble Legacy Field, one of the widest views of the...
![portion of the Hubble Legacy Field, one of the widest views of the universe ever made](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1917b-q-5198x4801-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This diagram simulates what astronomers, studying Hubble Space Telescope observations, taken over several years, consider evidence for the first-ever detection...
![Hubble observations and data simulation of Fomalhaut star system. L](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2009a-f-3840x2160-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration shows a white dwarf star siphoning off debris from shattered objects in a planetary system. The Hubble Space...
![Bright white dwarf star at center of the image, a disk of dust and rocks encircles it, black chunks of rock in the foreground and off to the right swirl into the white dwarf star at center](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_g238-44_illustration_stsci-01g3vrh6xz496d7epf3tcg59vm-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration depicts the three giant planets orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler 51 as compared to some of the planets...
![Size comparison of planets in our solar system with planets in Kepler 51 system. Three large Kepler 51 planets in the top row. Images of Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter for comparison in the bottom row.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1960b-f3840x3125-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This illustration depicts the Sun-like star Kepler 51 and three giant planets that NASA's Kepler space telescope discovered in 2012–2014....
![Illustration of a pinkish planet against a black background. Planet is in the foreground at lower left, its yellow star is some distance away at upper left. Two other planets, one blue the other yellow, are off to the right. Stars dot the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p1960a-f3840x2160.png?w=4096&format=png)
Each of these Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveals four distorted images of a background quasar surrounding the central core of...
![four images of quasars, each appearing duplicated due to effects of gravitational lensing](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/stsci-h-p2004a-f-912x956-1.png?w=4096&format=png)
Hot Jupiters, exoplanets around the same size as Jupiter that orbit very closely to their stars, often have cloud or...
![Artist's concept of hot Jupiters](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pia20687_main-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble Deep Field](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/339328main_deepfield-20090504-226.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave install the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope,...
![Camera installation by shuttle astronauts](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/wfpc220181204-16-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Hubble Rate Gyro Assembly contains a gyroscope and all of its associated electronics.
![Photo of a rate sensor assembly which houses a gyroscope for the Hubble.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/126687main_gyro-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Sunlight reflects off of the space shuttle Endeavour's aft windows and the shiny Hubble Space Telescope prior to its deployment...
![Hubble tethered to space shuttle Endeavour in orbit over the Earth](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/27514165014_f87967b325_k-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Prior to installation, technicians inspect the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble was launched April 24, 1990, aboard...
![technicians inspect a larger mirror](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/27712255473_561ae44427_k-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The Hubble Telescope as seen from NASA Space Shuttle STS-125 in May 2009. The Hubble Space Telescope was reborn with...
![Hubble space telescope over Earth](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble-telescope-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of...
![Upper 2/3 holds a bright white and blue gas and dust-cloud ring around a central void or bubble. lower 1/3 holds blue and white](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_n44_wfc3_new_large_1mb-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Proxima Centauri is the star closest to our Sun. Since it is four light-years away, this Hubble image taken in...
![Brilliant blue-white star with x-shaped lens flare](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/potw1343a-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble imaged a small section of the Running Man Nebula, which lies close to the famed Orion Nebula and is...
![Lower left: full view of the blue-white nebula with wispy purple edges Right side: Hubble image of elongated rusty and blue nebula "fingers" whose tips are bright-blue and white](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc1977_hh45b_inset_display-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble image of elongated rusty and blue nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc1977_hh45b_display-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Hubble view of p/2013 p5](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hs-2013-52-a-print-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![A tight group of bright, blue-white stars just left of center in the image. the group also holds a few orange-white stars. A smattering of blue-white stars against a black background fills the rest of the scene.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_ngc2002-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular star cluster located about 23,000 light-years away. Many thousands of...
![Bright blue-white stars fill the scene with a smattering or bright yellow-white stars](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_pismis26-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
This is an artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming...
![Glowing reddish-orange/yellow disk of material with dark black dusty lanes infalling into a hot, glowing-white center of material that shrouds the black hole](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_gnz7q_illustration.png?w=4096&format=png)
![A dazzling cluster of bright stars is nestled within the hollow of a cavern of gas and dust visible in shades of orange, blue and white.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/15-066.png?w=4096&format=png)
![5 bright galaxies grouped together](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_32nd_hickson40.png?w=4096&format=png)