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A Field of Galaxies Seen by Spitzer and Hubble
This deep-field view of the sky, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is dominated by galaxies - including some very faint, very distant ones - ci...
Read more08/05/2019
Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune
This Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 image of Neptune, taken in September and November 2018, shows a new dark storm (top center). Credits:...
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Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune
This Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 image of Uranus, taken in November 2018, reveals a vast, bright stormy cloud cap across the planet's n...
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Hubble Accidentally Discovers a New Galaxy in Cosmic Neighborhoo
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of a concentration of stars within the globular cluster NGC 6752. Hidden among the stars is an image of a backg...
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Installing Hubble's New Camera
Astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave install the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope, during SM1 in Decem...
Read more04/12/2018
Making Room for Hubble's New Camera
Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman removes the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 1 (WFPC 1) during the first Hubble servicing mission (SM1), which took place in ...
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Hubble’s Spirograph
Hubble’s Spirograph In this classic Hubble image from 2000, the planetary nebula IC 418 glows like a multifaceted jewel with enigmatic patterns. IC 4...
Read more08/12/2017
Hubble's Necklace
Image released 11 Aug 2011. The "Necklace Nebula" is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow). In this comp...
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Hubble's Cosmic Atlas
Morphologies, masses, and structures - oh, my! This beautiful clump of glowing gas, dark dust and glittering stars is the spiral galaxy NGC 4248, lo...
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Hubble Peers into the Storm
This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, th...
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope in a picture snapped by a Servicing Mission 4 crewmember just after the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured Hubble with its rob...
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Hubble's Megamaser Galaxy
Feast your eyes on Hubble's Megamaser galaxy! Phenomena across the Universe emit radiation spanning the entire electromagnetic spectrum — from high-...
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Hubble Sees a Legion of Galaxies
Peering deep into the early universe, this picturesque parallel field observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals thousands of colorf...
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Hubble Spies a UFO
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a UFO — well, the UFO Galaxy, to be precise. NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen almost edge-on, giving it the sha...
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Hubble's Slice of Sagittarius
This stunning image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), shows part of the sky in the constellation o...
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Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the large...
Read more30/06/2016
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in ‘Skyrocket’ Galaxy
Fireworks shows are not just confined to Earth’s skies. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular fireworks display in a small, nearby ...
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Hubble Unveils a Tapestry of Dazzling Diamond-Like Stars
Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star cluster that contains a collection of some...
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Hubble Sees the Force Awakening in a Newborn Star
In the center of this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, partially obscured by a dark cloud of dust, a newborn star shoots twin jets out into spac...
Read more17/12/2015
Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured for the first time snapshots of fledging white dwarf stars beginning their slow-paced, ...
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Hubble Eyes Galactic Refurbishment
The smudge of stars at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as UGC 5797. UGC 5797 is an emission line galaxy, me...
Read more30/04/2015
Hubble 25
If you love Hubble as much as we do you will LOVE this video. Sit back and enjoy 25 mesmerizing years of Hubble images! #Hubble25 You can view all ...
Read more23/04/2015
Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed ‘Nasty’
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been se...
Read more21/03/2015
Hubble Sees A Smiling Lens
In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 — and it seems to be smiling. You ...
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Hubble Feathers the Peacock
This picture, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2, shows a galaxy known as NGC 6872 in the constellation of Pavo The Peacock. Its unusu...
Read more19/09/2014
Hubble Frontier Field Abell 2744
This long-exposure image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope of massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 is the deepest ever made of any cluster of galaxies. Sh...
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Crab Nebula, as Seen by Herschel and Hubble
This image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy, as viewed by the Herschel Space Observatory...
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NASA Hubble Sees Comet ISON Intact
This image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope of the sunward plunging comet ISON suggests that the comet is intact despite some predictions that the fra...
Read more09/10/2013
Asteroid or Mini-Planet? Hubble Maps the Ancient Surface of Vesta
This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope series of 24 images showing the full 5.34-hour rotation of the 325-mile diameter 525 kilometer asteroid Vesta....
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Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
Backlit wisps along the Horsehead Nebula upper ridge are being illuminated by Sigma Orionis, a young five-star system just off the top of this image f...
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Hubble Captures View of Mystic Mountain
NASA Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brillian...
Read more22/04/2010
Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes
This is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photo...
Read more04/02/2010
Hubble On Its Way
This still image of the Hubble Space Telescope was captured by an STS-125 crew member as the two spacecraft continue their relative separation. Durin...
Read more21/05/2009
Hubble Unveils Colorful and Turbulent Star-Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit Milestone
NASA Hubble peers into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074. The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps trigge...
Read more10/08/2008
Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. This image, taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant ...
Read more01/07/2008
Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash
These pictures of comet Tempel 1 were taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope. They show the comet before and after it ran over NASA Deep Impact probe....
Read more04/07/2005
Hubble Spies Spectacular Sombrero
Lying at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy, is one of the most famous objects in t...
Read more05/05/2005
Saturn from Far and Near Hubble Space Telescope
Saturn from Far and Near Hubble Space Telescope...
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Hubble Captures Best View of Mars Ever Obtained from Earth
Hubble Captures Best View of Mars Ever Obtained from Earth...
Read more21/07/2001
Hubble Finds Many Bright Clouds on Uranus
A recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope view reveals Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. ...
Read more24/08/2000
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This is a color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) heritage image of supernova remnant N49, a neighboring galaxy, that was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Pl...
Read more01/07/2000
Hubble-V
Resembling curling flames from a campfire, a magnificent nebula in a nearby galaxy observed by NASA Hubble Space Telescope provides new insight into t...
Read more10/12/1999
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - Montage
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - Montage...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - June, 1999
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - June, 1999...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - April, 1997
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - April, 1997...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - October, 1996
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - October, 1996...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - October, 1995
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - October, 1995...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - February, 1995
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - February, 1995...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - August, 1994
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - August, 1994...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - July, 1994
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - July, 1994...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - May, 1992
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - May, 1992...
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - Full Disk
Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter - Full Disk...
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A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - 4 Views
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - 4 Views...
Read more23/08/1999
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Syrtis Major
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Syrtis Major...
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A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Elysium
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Elysium...
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A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Tharsis
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Tharsis...
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A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Pathfinder Landing Site
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Pathfinder Landing Site...
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A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Global View
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - Global View...
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Hubble Tracks Clouds on Uranus
Taking its first peek at Uranus, NASA Hubble Space Telescope Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer NICMOS detected six distinct clouds in...
Read more21/05/1999
Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping Across Jupiter
Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping Across Jupiter...
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Hubble Views Colossal Polar Cyclone on Mars
Hubble Views Colossal Polar Cyclone on Mars...
Read more21/05/1999
Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble
Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble. This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when V...
Read more18/05/1999
Hubble Sees Material Ejected From Comet Hale-Bopp
Hubble Sees Material Ejected From Comet Hale-Bopp...
Read more03/08/1998
Hubble Probes Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake
Hubble Probes Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake...
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Hubble Finds New Dark Spot on Neptune
In 1995, NASA Hubble Space Telescope discovered a new great dark spot, located in the northern hemisphere of the planet Neptune. Because the planet no...
Read more02/08/1998
Hubble View of Neptune
These NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of the blue-green planet Neptune provide three snapshots of changing weather conditions. The images were taken...
Read more02/08/1998
Hubble the Rotation of Uranus
These three NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the planet Uranus reveal the motion of a pair of bright clouds in the planet southern hemisphere, an...
Read more02/08/1998
Hubble Observes the Planet Uranus
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet rings and bright clouds and a high altitude haze above the planet south...
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Hubble Observes the Moons and Rings of Uranus
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet rings, at least five of the inner moons, and bright clouds in the plane...
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Hubble Captures Detailed Image of Uranus Atmosphere
NASA Hubble Space Telescope peered deep into Uranus atmosphere to see clear and hazy layers created by a mixture of gases. Using infrared filters, Hub...
Read more02/08/1998
Hubble Spots Northern Hemispheric Clouds on Uranus
Taken in 1997, NASA Hubble Space Telescope, using visible light, detected clouds in the northern hemisphere of Uranus....
Read more02/08/1998
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing Satellites Labeled
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing Satellites Labeled...
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Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing...
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Hubble Discovery Image of New Moon Orbiting Saturn
Hubble Discovery Image of New Moon Orbiting Saturn...
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Hubble again views Saturn Rings Edge-on
Hubble again views Saturn Rings Edge-on...
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Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn Aurora
Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn Aurora...
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Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking
Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking...
Read more05/05/1998
Hubble Space Telescope Resolves Volcanoes on Io
Hubble Space Telescope Resolves Volcanoes on Io...
Read more02/05/1998
Jupiter Upper Atmospheric Winds Revealed in Ultraviolet Images by Hubble Telescope
Jupiter Upper Atmospheric Winds Revealed in Ultraviolet Images by Hubble Telescope...
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Hubble Gallery of Jupiter Galilean Satellites
Hubble Gallery of Jupiter Galilean Satellites...
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Hubble Discovers Bright New Spot on Io
Hubble Discovers Bright New Spot on Io...
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Hubble Views the Galileo Probe Entry Site on Jupiter
Hubble Views the Galileo Probe Entry Site on Jupiter...
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Rare Hubble Portrait of Io and Jupiter
Rare Hubble Portrait of Io and Jupiter...
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Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io
Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io...
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Hubble Provides Infrared View of Jupiter Moon, Ring, and Clouds
Hubble Provides Infrared View of Jupiter Moon, Ring, and Clouds...
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Hubble Provides Complete View of Jupiter Auroras
Hubble Provides Complete View of Jupiter Auroras...
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Springtime on Mars: Hubble Best View of the Red Planet
Springtime on Mars: Hubble Best View of the Red Planet...
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Hubble Captures A Full Rotation Of Mars
Hubble Captures A Full Rotation Of Mars...
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Hubble Look at Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions for Pathfinder Landing
Hubble Look at Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions for Pathfinder Landing...
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Hubble Portrait of the Double
This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by NASA Hubble Space Telescope. The image was taken by the...
Read more28/03/1998
Hubble Against Earth Horizon 1997
The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space in this picture, taken after Hubble second servicing mission in 1997. Hubble dri...
Read more10/10/1997
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
What look like giant twisters are spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). These images are, in actuality, pillars of gases that are in the proces...
Read more02/01/1997
Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of etchin...
Read more16/01/1996
Hubble Deep Field Image Unveils Myriad Galaxies Back to the Beginning of Time
Several hundred never before seen galaxies are visible in this deepest-ever view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field, made with NASA Hubble ...
Read more15/01/1996