Supernova Bonanza in Nearby Galaxy NGC 1569
The nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569 is a hotbed of vigorous star birth activity which blows huge bubbles that riddle the main body of the galaxy. The galaxy's "star factories" are also manufacturing brilliant blue star clusters. This galaxy had a sudden onset of star birth about 25 million...
Uranus as Seen with Color Filters
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Neptune in Natural Colors
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Uranus in Natural Colors
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Neptune as Seen with Color Filters
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Rings and Moons Circling Uranus
This wider view of Uranus reveals the planet's faint rings and several of its satellites. The area outside Uranus was enhanced in brightness to reveal the faint rings and satellites. The outermost ring is brighter on the lower side, where it is wider. It is made of dust and small pebbles, ...
HST Image Overlay on Ground-based Image
This picture of M64 is a color composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in January 1997. The image has been rotated and an overlay of the HST image outline has been superposed.
The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the universe's most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104). The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral ...
Dust Band Around the Nucleus of "Black Eye Galaxy" M64
A collision of two galaxies has left a merged star system with an unusual appearance as well as bizarre internal motions. Messier 64 (M64) has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye"...
Galaxy C153 in Cluster Abell 2125, Shown in Visible Light
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of C153.
Images from Several Telescopes Combined to Show Galaxy C153 in Cluster Abell 2125
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of C153.
Baby Galaxy in Cluster TN J1338--1942
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of TN J1338-1942.
Embryonic Galaxy Cluster TN J1338
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of TN J1338-1942.
Massive Galaxy Cluster RDCS 1252
A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of RDCS 1252.9-2927.
The Lynx Arc: Stretched, Magnified Light From a Supercluster of Blue-White Stars
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Lynx cluster of galaxies shows the doubled image of the red Lynx arc (just right of the center). The mysterious arc is really a distant megacluster of stars lying far behind the galaxy cluster in the northern constellation Lynx. The arc is the...
Mosaic of Carina Nebula Region
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Carina Nebula, NGC 3372.
Stellar Winds and Radiation From Eruptive Star Eta Carinae Sculpt Gas and Dust
A small portion of the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of swirling dust and gas near one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy is seen in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. This close-up view shows only a three light-year-wide portion of the entire Carina Nebula, which has...
WFPC2 Mosaic of NGC 604 in M33
This full mosaic WFPC2 image shows a slightly larger area around NGC 604. The scale of this image is 2.5 arcminutes along the bottom.
Firestorm of Star Birth in Galaxy M33
This festively colorful nebula, called NGC 604, is one of the largest known seething cauldrons of star birth in a nearby galaxy. NGC 604 is similar to familiar star-birth regions in our Milky Way galaxy, such as the Orion Nebula, but it is vastly larger in extent and contains many more recently...
Uranus: Rings, Satellites 22:51 UT
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Uranus: Rings, Satellites 19:18 UT
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Uranus Color Composite: Full-Size Image
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Uranus.
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370, Home to Supernova Seen in 1994
Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the majestic dusty spiral, NGC 3370, looms in the foreground in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Recent observations taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys show intricate spiral arm structure spotted with hot areas of new star formation. But...
Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of 2000 FV530.
Icy Kuiper Belt Objects Orbit Beyond Pluto and Neptune
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of 2000 FV530.
SATURN WITH RINGS TILTED TOWARD EARTH
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn's Rings in Infrared Light
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn 's Rings in Visible Light
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Sharpest Ever Color View of Mars
This view of Mars, the sharpest photo ever taken from Earth, reveals small craters and other surface markings only about a dozen miles (a few tens of kilometers) across. (The spatial scale is 5 miles, or 8 kilometers per pixel). The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble...
Hubble's Close Encounter with Mars -- August 26, 2003
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 34,648,840 miles (55,760,220 km) away. This color image was assembled from a series of exposures taken between 6:20 p.m. and 7:12 p.m. EDT Aug. 26 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The...
Hubble's Sharpest View of Mars -- August 24, 2003
This view of Mars from the Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys provides the sharpest view of the red planet attainable by the Earth-oribiting observatory. The picture was taken August 24, when Mars was approximately 34.7 million miles from Earth. The central linear feature...
Hubble's Closest View of Mars -- August 27, 2003
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this portrait of Mars within minutes of the planet's closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years. This image was made from a series of exposures taken between 5:35 a.m. and 6:20 a.m. EDT Aug. 27 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. In this...
Too Close for Comfort
This Hubble Space Telescope view of the core of one of the nearest globular star clusters, called NGC 6397, resembles a treasure chest of glittering jewels. The cluster is located 8,200 light-years away in the constellation Ara. Here, the stars are jam-packed together. The stellar density ...
HDF-N HST/ACS/WFC Full Mosaic
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of GOODS, Hubble Deep Field.
CDF-S HST/ACS/WFC Full Mosaic
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of GOODS, Hubble Deep Field, Chandra Deep Field.
Celestial Fireworks: Sheets of Debris From a Stellar Explosion (N 49, DEM L 190)
Resembling the puffs of smoke and sparks from a summer fireworks display in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, these delicate filaments are actually sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in a neighboring galaxy. Hubble's target was a supernova remnant within the Large Magellanic...
Globular Cluster M4
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of M4.
Globular Cluster M4 - NOAO Image
A NOAO image of M4.
CDF-S CXO/ACIS Full Image
The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.
CDF-N CXO/ACIS Full Image
The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.
Iridescent Glory of Nearby Helix Nebula
In one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made, the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is being unveiled tomorrow in celebration of Astronomy Day (Saturday, May 10). The composite picture is a seamless blend of ultra-sharp NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images combined with the...
Chandra Deep Field-North
The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.
Hubble Goes 'Deep' to Sample Young Galaxies
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reached back to nearly the beginning of time to sample thousands of infant galaxies. This image, taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows several thousand galaxies, many of which appear to be interacting or in the process of forming. Some of these...
SPRINGTIME ON NEPTUNE: INCREASED BRIGHTNESS SHOWS SEASONAL CHANGE
NASA Hubble Space Telescope observations in August 2002 show that Neptune's brightness has increased significantly since 1996. The rise is due to an increase in the amount of clouds observed in the planet's southern hemisphere. These increases may be due to seasonal changes caused by a...
Springtime on Neptune- 2002 Image of Neptune
A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Springtime on Neptune - 1998 Image of Neptune
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
The Pencil Nebula: Remnants of an Exploded Star (NGC 2736)
Remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago created a celestial abstract portrait, as captured in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pencil Nebula. Officially known as NGC 2736, the Pencil Nebula is part of the huge Vela supernova remnant, located in the southern ...
Springtime on Neptune - 1996 Image of Neptune
A 1996 Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune.
Young and Old Stars Found in Andromeda's Halo
The deepest visible-light image ever taken of the sky resolves approximately 300,000 stars in the halo of the nearest neighboring spiral galaxy, Andromeda (M31). The photo was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Because the image captures both...
Postcards from Andromeda: Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details - 6
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Postcards from Andromeda: Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Postcards from Andromeda: Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Postcards from Andromeda: Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Postcards from Andromeda: Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Andromeda Galaxy Halo Details
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 224, M31, Andromeda Galaxy.
Full Image of Galaxy NGC 1275
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1275, Perseus A, 3C 84.
A Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases in the Omega/Swan Nebula (M17)
Resembling the fury of a raging sea, this image actually shows a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulfur. The photograph, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, a hotbed of star formation. M17,...
Freewheeling Galaxies Collide in a Blaze of Star Birth (NGC 1275)
A dusty spiral galaxy appears to be rotating on edge, like a pinwheel, as it slides through the larger, bright galaxy NGC 1275, in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. These images, taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), show traces of spiral structure accompanied by...
Supernova (SN 2002dd) in the Hubble Deep Field North -- 2002
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN2002dd, HDF.
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