The Heart of Starburst Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Infrared Light
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
NGC 4013: A Galaxy on the Edge
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped this remarkable view of a perfectly "edge-on" galaxy, NGC 4013. This new Hubble picture reveals with exquisite detail huge clouds of dust and gas extending along, as well as far above, the galaxy's main disk. NGC 4013 is a spiral galaxy, similar to our...
Nearby Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
The Ant Nebula (Menzel 3): Fiery Lobes Protrude From Dying, Sun-like Star
From ground-based telescopes, the so-called "ant nebula" (Menzel 3, or Mz 3) resembles the head and thorax of a garden-variety ant. This dramatic NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, showing 10 times more detail, reveals the "ant's" body as a pair of fiery lobes protruding from a dying,...
A Cosmic Collision Between Two Galaxies, UGC 06471 and UGC 06472
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of UGC 06471, UGC 06472.
The Central Region of the "Star-Burst" Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3310.
A Tiny, Youthful Spiral Galaxy, ESO 418-008
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of ESO 418-008.
Intergalactic 'Pipeline' Funnels Matter Between Colliding Galaxies NGC 1410 and NGC 1409
This visible-light picture, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals an intergalactic "pipeline" of material flowing between two battered galaxies that bumped into each other about 100 million years ago. The pipeline [the dark string of matter] begins in NGC 1410 [the galaxy at left],...
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae, Home to 35, 000 Stars
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of 47 Tucanae.
Hubble X: A Glowing Gas Cloud in the Star-Forming Region of Galaxy NGC 6822
The saying "X" marks the spot holds true in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image where Hubble-X marks the location of a dramatic burst of star formation, very much like the Orion Nebula in our Milky Way galaxy, but on a vastly greater scale. Hubble-X is a glowing gas cloud, one of the...
Circinus Galaxy Spews Gas Into Space
Resembling a swirling witch's cauldron of glowing vapors, the black hole-powered core of a nearby active galaxy appears in this colorful NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy lies 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinus. This galaxy is designated a type 2...
Aurora Crowns Jupiter's North Pole
This is a spectacular NASA Hubble Space Telescope close-up view of an electric-blue aurora that is eerily glowing one half billion miles away on the giant planet Jupiter. Auroras are curtains of light resulting from high-energy electrons racing along the planet's magnetic field into the upper...
Ghostly Reflections in the Pleiades
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught the eerie, wispy tendrils of a dark interstellar cloud being destroyed by the passage of one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Like a flashlight beam shining off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light off the surface of pitch...
A Bird's Eye View of a Galaxy Collision
What appears as a bird's head, leaning over to snatch up a tasty meal, is a striking example of a galaxy collision in NGC 6745. A large spiral galaxy, with its nucleus still intact, peers at the smaller passing galaxy (nearly out of the field of view at lower right), while a bright blue beak...
47 Tucanae
Ground-based image of 47 Tucanae.
HH 30
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 30.
HH 30
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 30.
HH 30
A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 30.
Comet Linear - C/1999 S4
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
XZ Tauri
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of XZ Tauri.
XZ Tauri
A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of XZ Tauri.
XZ Tauri
A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of XZ Tauri.
Nebula N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal details of the formation of new stars. Hubble's target was a newborn star cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that is a satellite of our own Milky Way. The new images show young, brilliant...
The Spirograph Nebula (IC 418)
Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lepus. This photograph is one of the latest from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, obtained with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. A planetary nebula...
Comet LINEAR Shatters Into Shower of Mini-Comets
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
Armada of Mini-Comets From Shattered Comet LINEAR
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
A Dying Star in Globular Cluster M15
The globular cluster Messier 15 is shown in this color image obtained with the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). Lying some 40,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Pegasus, M15 is one of nearly 150 known globular clusters that form...
Comet Linear - C/1999 S4
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
Comet Linear - C/1999 S4
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
Comet Linear - C/1999 S4
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet Linear, C/1999 S4.
Star WR 136 Tears Apart a Shell of Gas
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888.
Star WR 136 Tears Apart a Shell of Gas
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888.
Flaring Disk in Mystery Object He 2-90
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of He2-90.
Mysterious Object He 2-90: Possibly a Duo of Aging Stars
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of He2-90.
NGC 4438
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4438.
Black Hole-Powered Jet of Electrons and Sub-Atomic Particles Streams From Center of Galaxy M87
Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 like a cosmic searchlight is one of nature's most amazing phenomena, a black-hole-powered jet of electrons and other sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, the blue of the jet...
NGC 4438
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4438.
The Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976.
Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula
In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. Today, the Crab Nebula is visible at the site of the "Guest Star". Located about 6,500 light-years from Earth, the Crab Nebula is the...
Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion's Trapezium Cluster
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976.
Lined-Up Galaxies Show Rare Details (NGC 3314)
This new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) shows the unique galaxy pair called NGC 3314. Through an extraordinary chance alignment, a face-on spiral galaxy lies precisely in front of another larger spiral. This line-up provides us with the...
The Glowing Eye of Planetary Nebula NGC 6751
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained images of the strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing in the constellation Aquila like a giant eye, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center. "Planetary...
Supernova 1987A -- 1997
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A.
Abell 2218
Scanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218. This "hefty" cluster resides in the constellation Draco, some 2 billion...
Reflection Nebula NGC 1999
Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heritage astronomers, in collaboration with scientists in Texas and Ireland, used Hubble's Wide Field...
Gas Ring Around Supernova 1987A -- Feb. 2, 2000
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A.
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 7
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 7.
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 6
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 6.
NGC 2392
In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star. This stellar relic, NGC 2392, was first spied by William Herschel in...
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 5
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 5.
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 4
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 4.
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 3
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 3.
Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 2
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Planetary Nebula in the LMC - Image 2.
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the "Keyhole Nebula," obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture is a montage assembled from four different April 1999 telescope pointings with Hubble's...
Swarm of Glittering Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered at a small area within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to provide the deepest color picture ever obtained in that satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. Over 10,000 stars can be seen in the photo, covering a region in the LMC about 130 light-years...
MACHO-96-BLG-5 CTIO
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACHO-96-BLG-5.
MACHO-96-BLG-5 CTIO
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACHO-96-BLG-5.
MACHO-96-BLG-5 WFPC2
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACHO-96-BLG-5.
Beta Pictoris WFPC2 Image
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Beta Pictoris.
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