The Mice (NGC 4676): Colliding Galaxies With Tails of Stars and Gas
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies engaged in a celestial dance of cat and mouse or, in this case, mouse and mouse. Located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices,...
Cone Nebula (NGC 2264): Star-Forming Pillar of Gas and Dust
Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually an innocuous pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) - so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape - this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming...
The Tadpole Galaxy: Distorted Victim of Cosmic Collision
Against a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, this odd-looking galaxy with the long streamer of stars appears to be racing through space, like a runaway pinwheel firework. This picture of the galaxy UGC 10214 was taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed aboard...
The Omega Nebula: Hotbed of Star Formation
A watercolor fantasyland? No. It's actually an image of the center of the Omega Nebula, a hotbed of newly born stars wrapped in colorful blankets of glowing gas and cradled in an enormous cold, dark hydrogen cloud. This stunning picture was taken by the newly installed Advanced Camera for...
Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of M4, NGC 6121.
M4 Ground-Based (NOAO) Image
This picture was created from observations with the T2KA CCD camera at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope in March 1995.
Close Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of M4, NGC 6121.
Tightly Wound Arms of Dust Encircle Nucleus of Galaxy NGC 2787
Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of galaxy NGC 2787 in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image created by the Hubble Heritage Team. In astronomer Edwin Hubble's galaxy classification scheme, NGC 2787 is classified as an SB0, a barred lenticular...
Orion Constellation
A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion.
Bow Shock Near Young Star LL Ori
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in Orion. One such jewel is the bow shock around the very young star, LL Ori, featured in this Hubble Heritage image....
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4622 Spins "Backwards"
Astronomers have found a spiral galaxy that may be spinning to the beat of a different cosmic drummer. To the surprise of astronomers, the galaxy, called NGC 4622, appears to be rotating in the opposite direction to what they expected. Pictures by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope helped...
Thackeray's Globules: Dense, Opaque Dust Clouds in Star-Forming Region IC 2944
Strangely glowing dark clouds float serenely in this remarkable and beautiful image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. These dense, opaque dust clouds - known as "globules" - are silhouetted against nearby bright stars in the busy star-forming region, IC 2944. These globules were first...
A Giant Star Factory in Neighboring Galaxy NGC 6822
Resembling curling flames from a campfire, this magnificent nebula in a neighboring galaxy is giving astronomers new insight into the fierce birth of stars as it may have more commonly happened in the early universe. The glowing gas cloud, called Hubble-V, has a diameter of about 200...
Galaxy I Zwicky 18
Nearby: As it actually appears at ~30Mly
Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218's "Gravitational Lens"
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 2218.
Peering into the Core of Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer into the center of a dense swarm of stars called Omega Centauri. Located some 17,000 light-years from Earth, Omega Centauri is a massive globular star cluster, containing several million stars swirling in locked orbits around a common...
Galaxy NGC 6782
The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the color of the light with which it is viewed. The Hubble Heritage image of NGC 6782 illustrates a pronounced example of this effect. This spiral galaxy, when seen in visible light, exhibits tightly wound spiral arms that give it a pinwheel...
The Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080)
Looking like a colorful holiday card, this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a vibrant green and red nebula far from Earth, where nature seems to have put on the traditional colors of the season. These colors, produced by the light emitted by oxygen and hydrogen, help astronomers...
Gravitational Lens Helps Hubble and Keck Discover Galaxy Building Block
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 2218.
Dust Storm Engulfs Mars
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars.
Mars Dust Storm Brews in Hellas Basin and Northern Polar Cap
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars.
Galaxy NGC 3079
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3079.
Gaseous Bubble in Core of Galaxy NGC 3079
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3079.
Double Cluster NGC 1850: Second Brightest Star Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The double cluster NGC 1850, found in one of our neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, is an eye-catching object. It is a young, "globular-like" star cluster - a type of object unknown in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Moreover, NGC 1850 is surrounded by a filigree pattern of diffuse...
BURST OF STAR FORMATION DRIVES BUBBLE IN GALAXY'S CORE
These NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveal dramatic activities within the core of the galaxy NGC 3079, where a lumpy bubble of hot gas is rising from a cauldron of glowing matter. The picture at left shows the bubble in the center of the galaxy's disk. The structure is more than 3,000...
Starburst Galaxy NGC 3310 Blazes With Star Formation
Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as "starburst" galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are perfecting a technique to determine the history of starburst activity in galaxies by using...
Mars at 43 Million Miles From Earth
Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest view ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope. NASA's Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope took the picture on June 26, when Mars was approximately 43...
Star Clusters Born Among the Interacting Galaxies of Stephan's Quintet
This close-up view of Stephan's Quintet, a group of five galaxies, reveals a string of bright star clusters that sparkles like a diamond necklace. The clusters, each harboring up to millions of stars, were born from the violent interactions between some members of the group. The rude encounters...
Vast Star-Forming Region 30 Doradus
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile star-forming region, called the 30 Doradus Nebula, has a sparkling stellar centerpiece: the most spectacular cluster of massive...
Warped Edge-On Galaxy ESO 510-G13
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new generations of stars. The dust and spiral arms of normal spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way,...
Ground-based: NOAO
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M22.
Inside Globular Cluster M22
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M22.
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 in Infrared Light
The deeper orange (1.6 microns) moves farther into the infrared region of the spectrum. Image taken with HST's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
Galaxy NGC 1512 in Infrared Light
The red (1.875 microns) moves slightly farther into the infrared region. Image taken by HST's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
NGC 1512 in Near-Infrared Light
The orange depicts near-infrared light, which cannot be seen by the human eye. Image taken by HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
Galaxy NGC 1512 in Visible Light
The yellow is visible light. Image taken by HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
Saturn -- November 1999
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Galaxy NGC 1512 in Visible Light
New Survey Finds that Single Burst of Star Formation Created Milky Way’s Central Bulge
Galaxy NGC 1512 in Near-Ultraviolet Light
The blue denotes the near-ultraviolet region of the spectrum. Image taken by HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
Saturn -- November 2000
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Galaxy NGC 1512 in Ultraviolet Light
The color purple represents ultraviolet light, which cannot be seen by the human eye. Image taken by HST's Faint Object Camera (FOC).
Wide view of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped this wide view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512. A wispy bar of material can barely be seen slicing vertically through the galaxy. The bar is funneling gas to the heart of the galaxy, fueling a ring of star...
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 in Many Wavelengths
In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, NASA Hubble Space Telescope's broad spectral vision reveals the galaxy at all wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared. The colors (which indicate differences in light intensity) map where newly born star clusters...
Saturn -- October 1996
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn -- October 1998
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
Saturn -- October 1997
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn.
The Horsehead Nebula
Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. This detailed view of the horse's head is being...
Comet LINEAR
Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small as smoke-sized particles and as large as football-field-sized fragments. But it's the material they didn't see that has aroused their curiosity. Tracking the doomed comet, named LINEAR, the Hubble...
Saturn from 1996 to 2000
Looming like a giant flying saucer in our outer solar system, Saturn puts on a show as the planet and its magnificent ring system nod majestically over the course of its 29-year journey around the Sun. These Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up...
The Heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy
New images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are helping researchers view in unprecedented detail the spiral arms and dust clouds of a nearby galaxy, which are the birth sites of massive and luminous stars. The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and...
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Massive Stars Sculpt Gas of Nebula N83B (NGC 1748)
Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748. A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image has helped to decipher the complex interplay of gas and radiation of a star-forming region in a nearby galaxy....
Supernova 1997ff's Cosmic Neighborhood
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of HDF-N, SN1997ff.
The Dying Star, Supernova 1997ff
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of HDF-N, SN1997ff.
Home Galaxy of Supernova 1997ff
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of HDF-N, SN1997ff.
Starburst Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Visible Light
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
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