Hubble Images 30 Doradus: NGC 2070
The nebula's sparkling centerpiece is a giant, young star cluster named NGC 2070, only 2 million years old. Its stellar inhabitants number roughly 500,000. The cluster is a hotbed for young, massive stars. The cluster's dense core, known as R136, is packed with some of the heftiest stars...
Star-Forming Region S106
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope presents a festive holiday greeting that's out of this world. The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched "wings" of the nebula record the contrasting imprint of heat and motion against...
Hubble/Subaru Composite Image of Star-Forming Region S106
Hubble Space Telescope's high resolution combines with the Subaru Telescope's wide field-of-view to reveal a depiction of star-forming region S106 that is not possible from either telescope alone. The bipolar S106 shows bright gas in two distinct lobes. The faint stars located near the...
Globular Cluster NGC 1846
A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows globular cluster NGC 1846, a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way that can be seen from the southern hemisphere. Aging bright stars in...
Close-up of Planetary Nebula in NGC 1846
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in NGC 1846.
Extended Groth Strip
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Extended Groth Strip.
Extreme Emission Line Galaxies in the Ultra Deep Survey (UDS)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Ultra Deep Field (UDS).
GOODS South Deep (GSD)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of GOODS South Deep (GSD).
Extreme Emission Line Galaxies in the GOODS South Deep (GSD)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of GOODS South Deep (GSD).
Merging Galaxies -- 6.2 Billion Light-Years from Earth
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Merging Galaxies -- 6.2 Billion Light-Years from Earth.
Merging Galaxies -- 5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Merging Galaxies -- 5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth.
Merging Galaxies -- 3 Billion Light-Years from Earth
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Merging Galaxies -- 3 Billion Light-Years from Earth.
Merging Galaxies -- 2.4 Billion Light-Years from Earth
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Merging Galaxies -- 2.4 Billion Light-Years from Earth.
A Cosmic Necklace Larger than a Solar System
The "Necklace Nebula," also called PN G054.2-03.4, is the exploded aftermath of a giant star that came too close to its Sun-like binary companion. The two stars that produced the Necklace Nebula live in a relatively small orbit about each other. They have a period of 1.2 days and a separation...
NICMOS Image of HR 8799 Planetary System
This is an image of the star HR 8799 taken by Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in 1998. A mask within the camera (coronagraph) blocks most of the light from the star. In addition, software has been used to digitally subtract more starlight. Nevertheless,...
Gravitational Lens and Galaxy Cluster, MACS 1206
Four and a half billion light-years away in the constellation Virgo, scores of galaxies have been drawn together by the mutual gravitational pull. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered at this galaxy cluster and gravitational lens, known as MACS 1206. Gravity from the cluster's immense...
Anatomy of a Black Hole's Surroundings Revealed: Major Study Includes Observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
A fleet of spacecraft including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered unprecedented details in the surroundings of a supermassive black hole. Observations reveal huge bullets of gas being driven away from the gravitational monster and a corona of very hot gas hovering above the disk of...
Galaxy Cluster MACS 1206
This image of galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short) is part of a broad survey with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The distorted shapes in the cluster are distant galaxies from which the light is bent by the gravitational pull of an invisible material called dark matter...
The Necklace Nebula
A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered planetary nebula, the glowing remains of an ordinary, Sun-like star. The nebula consists of a bright ring, measuring 12 trillion miles...
Pluto: July 3, 2011 (WFC/UVIS)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Pluto: June 28, 2011 (WFC/UVIS)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
HH 34 Jet 2007
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
HH 34 Jet 1998
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
HH 34 Jet 1994
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
Pandora's Cluster -- Abell 2744
A team of scientists studying the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, have pieced together the cluster's complex and violent history using telescopes in space and on the ground, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large...
HH 2
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 2.
HH 47
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 47.
HH 34
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Bow Shock.
Neptune: 07:20 UT (June 26, 2011)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune: 04:00 UT (June 26, 2011)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune: 23:09 UT (June 25, 2011)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Star Field in M31 Imaged by Hubble WFC3
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the star field around the Cepheid variable V1 in M31. This two-color image shows individually resolved stars in the outer disk of the Andromeda Galaxy. The soft, brown swirls are dust lanes obscuring light from stars farther away from our line of sight. The...
Neptune: 20:04 UT (June 25, 2011)
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Neptune's Anniversary Portraits
Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary pictures" of the blue-green giant planet. Neptune is the most distant major planet in our solar system....
Active Galaxy Centaurus A
Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble's panchromatic vision, stretching from ultraviolet through near-infrared wavelengths, reveals the vibrant glow of young, blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions...
Hubble ACS SWEEPS Field
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of SWEEPS Field.
A "Rose" Made of Galaxies Highlights Hubble's 21st Anniversary
In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble's eye to an especially photogenic group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273. The larger of the spiral...
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NGC 4214 Imaged by Hubble WFC3
This is a full-field image of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Episodes of star formation are revealed as the galaxy continues to form clusters of new stars from its interstellar gas and dust. The Hubble image reveals a sequence of steps in the...
Hubble's View of NGC 5584
The brilliant, blue glow of young stars traces the graceful spiral arms of galaxy NGC 5584 in this Hubble Space Telescope image. Thin, dark dust lanes appear to be flowing from the yellowish core, where older stars reside. The reddish dots sprinkled throughout the image are largely...
Galaxy NGC 4214: A Star-Formation Laboratory
The dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 is ablaze with young stars and gas clouds. Located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), the galaxy's close proximity, combined with the wide variety of evolutionary stages among the stars, make it an ideal...
Hubble Observes Aftermath of Suspected Asteroid Collision
This is a Hubble Space Telescope picture of asteroid (596) Scheila, as observed on Dec. 27, 2010. The visible-light image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 when the asteroid was approximately 217 million miles away. The asteroid is surrounded by a C-shaped cloud, or coma, of dust...
Lensing Galaxy Cluster Abell 383
Astronomers have uncovered one of the youngest galaxies in the distant universe, with stars that formed 13.5 billion years ago, a mere 200 million years after the Big Bang. The finding addresses questions about when the first galaxies arose, and how the early universe evolved. NASA's Hubble...
Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in this view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2841. A bright cusp of starlight marks the galaxy's center. Spiraling outward are dust lanes that are silhouetted against the population of whitish middle-aged stars. Much...
Hubble WFC3 View of GRB 110328A's Host Galaxy
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB 110328A.
Hubble NICMOS Infrared Image of M51
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of M51, Whirlpool Galaxy.
Gray-scale Image of Object UDFj-39546284 from HUDF WFC3/IR
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HUDF.
Close-up of HUDF WFC3/IR Image Around UDFj-39546284
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HUDF.
HUDF WFC3/IR Image
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HUDF.
Hubble ACS Visible Image of M51
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of M51, Whirlpool Galaxy.
Hubble Snaps Image of Space Oddity
In this image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas appears to float near a normal-looking spiral galaxy. The bizarre object, dubbed Hanny's Voorwerp (Hanny's Object in Dutch), is the only visible part of a 300,000-light-year-long streamer of gas stretching...
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4150
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals fresh star birth in the ancient elliptical galaxy NGC 4150, located about 44 million light-years away.
Hubble Infrared Image of Area Surrounding Hanny's Voorwerp
A vast number of galaxies is seen in this Hubble infrared image of the area surrounding the space oddity, Hanny's Voorwerp. Located in the constellation Leo Minor, a faint outline of the mysterious object, which is primarily visible in oxygen light, can be seen below the large galaxy IC...
Core of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4150 (Detailed View)
A 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4150.
Hubble Helps Astronomers Map Dark Matter in Abell 1689
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, containing about 1,000 galaxies and trillions of stars. Abell 1689 resides 2.2 billion light-years from Earth.
Face-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 3982
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a face-on spiral galaxy. NGC 3982 is located about 68 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Hubble Probes Comet 103P/Hartley 2 in Preparation for DIXI/EPOXI Flyby
Hubble Space Telescope observations of comet 103P/Hartley 2, taken on September 25, are helping in the planning for a November 4 flyby of the comet by NASA's Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI) on NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft performing the EPOXI mission. Analysis of the new Hubble data...
Hubble WFC3 Image of P/2010 A2 (May 29, 2010)
A 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image of Asteroid P/2010 A2.
Hubble WFC3 Image of P/2010 A2 (May 8, 2010)
A 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image of Asteroid P/2010 A2.
Hubble WFC3 Image of P/2010 A2 (April 19, 2010)
A 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image of Asteroid P/2010 A2.
Hubble WFC3 Image of P/2010 A2 (April 2, 2010)
A 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image of Asteroid P/2010 A2.
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