GOODS Field Containing Distant Dwarf Galaxies Forming Stars at an Incredible Rate
This image shows a region of space containing a sample of dwarf galaxies studied by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hiding among these thousands of galaxies are faint dwarf galaxies that resided in the early universe, between 2 and 6 billion years after the big bang, an important time period...
'El Gordo' (Chandra X-ray)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of El Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot (2014, WFC3/UVIS)
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot, a swirling anticyclonic storm feature larger than Earth, has shrunken to the smallest size ever measured. Astronomers have followed this downsizing since the 1930s. "Recent Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot (GRS) is now...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot (2009, WFC3/UVIS)
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot, a swirling anticyclonic storm feature larger than Earth, has shrunken to the smallest size ever measured. Astronomers have followed this downsizing since the 1930s. "Recent Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot (GRS) is now...
'El Gordo' ( Mass Map )
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of El Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot (1995, WFPC2)
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot, a swirling anticyclonic storm feature larger than Earth, has shrunken to the smallest size ever measured. Astronomers have followed this downsizing since the 1930s. "Recent Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot (GRS) is now...
Jupiter (WFC3/UVIS, April 21, 2014)
Jupiter's monster storm, the Great Red Spot, was once so large that three Earths would fit inside it. But new measurements by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the largest storm in our solar system has downsized significantly. The red spot, which has been raging for at least a hundred...
'El Gordo' (Hubble ACS/WFC)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of El Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915.
Galaxy Cluster 'El Gordo' with Mass Map and X-ray
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the most massive cluster of galaxies ever seen to exist when the universe was just half of its current age of 13.8 billion years. The cluster, catalogued as ACT-CL J0102-4915, contains several hundred galaxies swarming around under a collective ...
Galaxy Cluster 'El Gordo' with Mass Map
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the most massive cluster of galaxies ever seen to exist when the universe was just half of its current age of 13.8 billion years. The cluster, catalogued as ACT-CL J0102-4915, contains several hundred galaxies swarming around under the collective...
Galaxy Cluster RXJ1532.9+3021
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of RXJ1532.9+3021, Supernova Didius.
Galaxy Cluster Abell 383
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Abell 383, Supernova Tiberius.
Supernova Didius (After Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova Didius (After Outburst).
Supernova Didius (Before Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova Didius (Before Outburst).
Galaxy Cluster MACS J1720.2+3536
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova SCP/SN-L2, SN CL012Car, Caracalla, MACS J1720.2+3536.
Supernova Tiberius (After Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova Tiberius (After Outburst).
Supernova Tiberius (Before Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova Tiberius (Before Outburst).
Supernova SCP/SN-L2, SN CL012Car, Caracalla (After Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova SCP/SN-L2, SN CL012Car, Caracalla.
Supernova SCP/SN-L2, SN CL012Car, Caracalla (Before Outburst)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope Image of Supernova SCP/SN-L2, SN CL012Car, Caracalla.
COMET SIDING SPRING
Comet Siding Spring is plunging toward the Sun along a roughly 1-million-year orbit. The comet, discovered in 2013, was within the radius of Jupiter's orbit when the Hubble Space Telescope photographed it on March 11, 2014. Hubble resolves two jets of dust coming from the solid icy nucleus....
NGC 2174
In celebration of the 24th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (on April 24, 1990) astronomers have taken an infrared-light portrait of a roiling region of starbirth located 6,400 light-years away. The Hubble mosaic unveils a collection of carved knots of gas and dust in...
COMET SIDING SPRING
Comet Siding Spring is plunging toward the Sun along a roughly 1-million-year orbit. The comet, discovered in 2013, was within the radius of Jupiter's orbit when the Hubble Space Telescope photographed it on March 11, 2014. Hubble resolves two jets of dust coming from the solid icy nucleus....
Wide Field 30 Doradus UVIS
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of 30 Doradus.
Comet Siding Spring (March 11, 2014)
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 191089.
NGC 2174
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 141943.
Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - January 14, 2014
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 R3.
Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - December 13, 2013
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 R3.
Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - October 29, 2013
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 R3.
Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - November 15, 2013
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 R3.
M82 Hubble Mosaic with 2014 Supernova
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 2014J, M82, NGC 3034.
Hubble-Chandra Composite of ESO137-001
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of ESO 137-001.
Galaxy ESO 137-001
The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in a breeze in this new Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is zooming toward the upper right of this image, in between other galaxies in the Norma cluster located over 200 million light-years away. The road is harsh:...
Distant Galaxies
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of Distant Galaxies.
Supernova in M82
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 2014J, M82, NGC 3034.
Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689.
GN-z10-1 Detail
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of GN-z10-1.
GN-z10-2 Detail
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of GN-z10-2.
GN-z9-1 Detail
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of GN-z9-1.
GN-z10-3 Detail
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of GN-z10-3.
Spiral Galaxy M83
A photogenic and favorite target for amateur astronomers, the full beauty of nearby spiral galaxy M83 is unveiled in all of its glory in this Hubble Space Telescope mosaic image. The vibrant magentas and blues reveal the galaxy is ablaze with star formation. The galaxy, also known as the ...
GOODS-N
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of GOODS-N.
Hubble-Magellan Composite of M83
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of M83, NGC 5236, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.
30 Doradus Nebula in Infrared Light
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of 30 Doradus.
Hubble Frontier Field Abell 2744-Parallel
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of Hubble Frontier Field Abell 2744-Parallel.
Hubble Frontier Field Abell 2744
This long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image of massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 is the deepest ever made of any cluster of galaxies. It shows some of the faintest and youngest galaxies ever detected in space. Abell 2744, located in the constellation Sculptor, appears in the foreground...
30 Doradus Nebula in Visible Light
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of 30 Doradus.
Cepheid Variable Star RS Puppis
This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled in a gossamer cocoon of reflective dust illuminated by the glittering star. The super star is ten times more...
Himiko (Subaru, Hubble, and Spitzer Close-up View)
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of Himiko.
Himiko (Hubble View)
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of Himiko.
Himiko (Hubble Close-up View)
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of Himiko.
P/2013 P5 on September 10, 2013
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 P5.
P/2013 P5 on September 23, 2013
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of P/2013 P5.
Incoming Comet ISON Appears Intact to NASA's Hubble
A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON suggests that the comet is intact despite some predictions that the fragile icy nucleus might disintegrate as the Sun warms it. The comet will pass closest to the Sun on November 28. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image taken on October 9,...
MACS J0717.5+3745
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACS J0717.5+3745.
Most Distant Gravitational Lens J1000+0221
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope photo shows the most distant gravitational lens yet discovered. The glow at the center of the image is the central regions of a normal galaxy. By chance it is precisely aligned with a much more remote, young, star-forming galaxy. The light from the more...
MACS J1149.5+2223
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACS J1149.5+2223.
Abell 2744
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 2744, Pandora's Cluster.
MACS J0416.1-2403
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACS J0416.1-2403.
Galaxy M60 and M60-UCD1 (Non-annotated)
A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of M60, M60-UCD1.
Proxima Centauri
Shining brightly in this Hubble Space Telescope image is our closest stellar neighbor: Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (the Centaur), just over four light-years from Earth. Although it looks bright through the eye of Hubble, as you might expect from...
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