Stellar Fireworks Are Ablaze in Galaxy NGC 4449
On July 4, fireworks blaze over the skies of American cities in the annual Independence Day celebrations. But nearly 12.5 million light-years away in the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 stellar "fireworks" are going off all the time. Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars blaze in this...
He 2-47
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of He 2-47.
Hubble Captures Full View of Uranus's Rings on Edge: Unannotated
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a rare view of the entire ring system of the planet Uranus, tilted edge-on to Earth. The rings were photographed with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on August 14, 2007. The edge-on rings appear as spikes above and below the planet. The rings cannot...
Uranus 2007
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Uranus 2005
A 2005 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Uranus 2003
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Hubble Building Blocks Galaxy at Redshift 5.76
Building block galaxy at redshift of 5.76 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.
Building Block Galaxy at Redshift of 5.42 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image.
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Building Block Galaxy at Redshift of 5.42 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image..
Hubble Building Blocks Galaxy at Redshift 4.90
Building block galaxy at redshift of 4.90 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.
Hubble Building Blocks Galaxy at Redshift 4.88
Building block galaxy at redshift of 4.88 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.
Hubble Building Blocks Galaxy at Redshift 4.00
Building block galaxy at redshift of 4.00 from Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
Veil Nebula - Segment #3
This is a small portion of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. The entire structure spans about 3 degrees on the sky, corresponding to about 6 full moons. The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994...
Veil Nebula - Segment #2
This is a small portion of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. The entire structure spans about 3 degrees on the sky, corresponding to about 6 full moons. The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994...
Veil Nebula - Segment #1
This is a small portion of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. The entire structure spans about 3 degrees on the sky, corresponding to about 6 full moons. The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994...
HD 15115, July 17, 2006: Unannotated
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 15115.
Vesta - May 14, 2007
Hubble observations of Vesta were taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on May 14 and 16, 2007.
Ceres - January 24, 2004
Hubble observations of the asteroid Ceres were made in visible and ultraviolet light between December 2003 and January 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Jupiter - March 25, 2007 (Full Field)
Full field image of Jupiter taken with WFPC2 on March 25, 2007.
Jupiter - June 5, 2007 (Full Field)
Full field image of Jupiter taken with WFPC2 on June 5, 2007.
Jupiter - June 5, 2007
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Jupiter.
Jupiter - March 25, 2007
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Jupiter.
Hubble View of Eris and Dysnomia (Unannotated)
This is an image of the dwarf planet Eris (center) and its satellite Dysnomia (at 9 o'clock position) taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2006. Hubble observations were obtained on Dec. 3, 2005 and Aug. 30, 2006 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys. The Hubble images were...
Hubble/GALEX/Spitzer Composite Image of M81
This image combines data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) missions. The GALEX ultraviolet data were from the far-UV portion of the spectrum (135 to 175 nanometers). The Spitzer infrared data were taken with the IRAC 4...
GALAXIES GALORE
This tapestry of galaxies represents a small piece of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), taken from September 2003 through January 2004 by the Hubble Space Telescope. The HUDF is the deepest visible-light view of the cosmos and includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colors....
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 7
Background group of galaxies.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 4
Bulge-disk transition in M81 and chain of HII regions.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 6
Southern extremity of the galaxy M81.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 5
HII shell of M81 and background galaxies.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 3
OB Associations in outer northern arm of M81.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 2
Southern arm of M81 including a chain of HII regions.
Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 1
Inner bulge and nucleus of M81.
Globular Cluster with Multiple Stellar Populations
This Hubble telescope image of a dense swarm of stars shows the central region of the globular cluster NGC 2808. Astronomers were surprised when Hubble spied three generations of cluster stars. The discovery is far different from the standard picture of a globular cluster. For decades, ...
Hubble Finds Dark Matter Ring in Galaxy Cluster
This Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a ghostly "ring" of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17. The ring-like structure is evident in the blue map of the cluster's dark matter distribution. The map is superimposed on a Hubble image of the cluster. The ring is one of the ...
Searching for Dark Matter in a Galaxy Cluster
This rich galaxy cluster, catalogued as Cl 0024+17, is allowing astronomers to probe the distribution of dark matter in space. The blue streaks near the center of the image are the smeared images of very distant galaxies that are not part of the cluster. The distant galaxies appear distorted...
Cartwheel Galaxy
A rare and spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies appears in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope true-color image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The new details of star birth resolved by Hubble provide an opportunity to...
Close Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of M4, NGC 6121.
Photo Illustration of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 & Planet Jupiter
This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter and Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, as imaged by the Wide Field & Planetary Camera-2 (WFPC-2), aboard. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Jupiter was imaged on May 18, 1 994, when the giant planet was at a distance of 420...
Looking 'Underneath' Quasar HE0450-2958
This image shows the quasar HE0450-2958 after advanced image processing known as MCS-deconvolution. Thanks to this technique, it is possible to remove the brilliant glare from the quasar itself. The most interesting feature in the image is the nearly total absence of starlight from a host...
A String of 'Cosmic Pearls' Surrounds an Exploding Star
Two decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. Since that first sighting, the doomed star, called Supernova 1987A, has continued to fascinate astronomers with its spectacular light show. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is one of many...
The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme
In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras. It is a 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a...
Extended Groth Strip - Detail of Hubble Image
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Extended Groth Strip (EGS).
A Gallery of 'Tadpole Galaxies'
These postage-stamp-size images reveal 36 young galaxies caught in the act of merging with other galaxies. These galaxies appear as they existed many billions of years ago. Astronomers have dubbed them "tadpole galaxies" because of their distinct knot-and-tail shapes, which suggest that they...
Dark Globule and Stellar Jet in the Carina Nebula
The tadpole-looking feature in the center of this image is a nodule of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust. The image offers circumstantial evidence that a young star is being born inside the placental cloud. The diagonal feature may be caused by twin jets of gas blasting away from the hidden...
Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 1
A towering "mountain" of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust is the site of new star formation in the Carina Nebula. The great gas pillar is being eroded by the ultraviolet radiation from the hottest newborn stars in the nebula.
Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 2
A close-up look at the peak of one of these "pillars of creation" reveals unequivocal evidence that stars are being born inside the columns. A pencil-like streamer of gas shoots out in both directions from the pillar and plows into surrounding gas like a fire hose hitting a wall of sand. The...
Carina Nebula Details: Great Clouds
These great clouds of cold hydrogen resemble summer afternoon thunderheads. They tower above the surface of a molecular cloud on the edge of the nebula. So-called "elephant trunk" pillars resist being heated and eaten away by blistering ultraviolet radiation from the nebula's brightest stars.
Carina Nebula Details: The Caterpillar
A Bok globule nicknamed the "caterpillar" appears at the right. Its glowing edge indicates that it is being photoionized by the hottest stars in the cluster. It has been hypothesized that stars may form inside such dusty cocoons. The top of the Keyhole Nebula, the most prominent feature...
Carina Nebula Details: Pillar
An approximately one-light-year tall "pillar" of cold hydrogen towers above the wall of the molecular cloud. The 2.5-million-year-old star cluster called Trumpler 14 appears at the right side of the image. A small nugget of cold molecular hydrogen, called a Bok globule, is silhouetted...
The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme
In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras. It is a 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a...
Extended Groth Strip - Full Hubble Image
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Extended Groth Strip (EGS).
Pluto and Its Moons: Charon, Nix, and Hydra- Unlabeled
A pair of small moons that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. Photographed by Hubble in 2005, Nix and Hydra are roughly 5,000 times fainter than Pluto and are about two to three times farther from Pluto than its large moon, Charon,...
Hubble's View of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 unveils details in the galaxy's star-forming clouds and dark bands of interstellar dust. One of the most striking features is the dust lanes that extend away from the nucleus and follow the inner edges of the...
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 6
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 5
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 4
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 3
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 2
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn's Moons - Frame 6
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 1
A 2007 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
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