Planetary Host Star Enlarged Detail
Processed/resampled ACS/HRC image showing color separation between lens (planet host) and lensed star.
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - December 2004
A new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate...
Faint Red Star in NGC 6397
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6397.
Faint White Dwarf Star in Globular Cluster NGC 6397
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6397.
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - March 2004
Image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys in March 2004.
Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - July 5, 2006
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - July 5, 2006.
Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - April 24, 2006
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - April 24, 2006.
Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova.
Supernova Remnant E0102 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Reminiscent of a U.S. July 4 Independence Day celebration, here is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its...
Detail of SWEEPS ACS/WFC Color Composite
Detail of ACS/WFC color composite showing resolved host star SWEEPS-04, host star of an extrasolar planet confirmed by radial velocity observations.
SWEEPS ACS/WFC Color Composite
Color composite of ACS/WFC images (V and I band filters) showing nine identified host stars of SWEEPS extrasolar planet candidates with location of detail image outlined.
Hubble Space Telescope (ACS) Image of 47 Tucanae
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of 47 Tucanae, NGC 104.
CHXR 73 A and B - Red Dwarf and Substellar Companion
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows one of the smallest objects ever seen around a normal star. Astronomers believe the object is a brown dwarf because it is 12 times more massive than Jupiter. The brown dwarf candidate, called CHXR 73 B, is the bright spot at lower right. It orbits...
Full ACS Image of NGC 5866
NGC 5866 is an edge-on galaxy that is tilted to our line-of-sight. It is classified as an S0 lenticular, due to its flat stellar disk and large ellipsoidal bulge. NGC 5866 lies in the Northern constellation Draco, at a distance of 44 million light-years (13.5 Megaparsecs). It has a diameter of...
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,...
ACS Image of NGC 5866
This is a unique NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the disk galaxy NGC 5866 tilted nearly edge-on to our line-of-sight. Hubble's sharp vision reveals a crisp dust lane dividing the galaxy into two halves. The image highlights the galaxy's structure: a subtle, reddish bulge surrounding a...
Super Star Clusters in Dust-Enshrouded Galaxy
The sharp eye of the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys has uncovered more than 200 mammoth star clusters in the heart of the galaxy Arp 220. The clusters are the bluish-white dots scattered throughout the image. The heftiest Arp 220 cluster - about 10 million solar masses -...
Beta Pictoris - Star with Disk - Not Annotated
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Beta Pic.
Hubble Captures a "Five-Star" Rated Gravitational Lens
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture of a group of five star-like images of a single distant quasar. The multiple-image effect seen in the Hubble picture is produced by a process called gravitational lensing, in which the gravitational field of a massive object -...
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB030329
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB030329.
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB020903
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB020903.
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB000926
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB000926.
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB990712
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB990712.
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB980703
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB980703.
Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB990705
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB990705.
Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/WFC: April 16, 2006
Image of the full disk of Jupiter from ACS/WFC at 18:42 UT, April 16, 2006. Two filters are shown in red/orange (F892N, near-IR strong methane band) and blue/cyan (F502N continuum/cyan light). The Hubble group that conducted this observation is led jointly by Imke de Pater (UCB Astronomy) and...
Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/HRC: April 8, 2006
Image of the partial disk of Jupiter from ACS/HRC on April 8, 2006 at 02:33UT. This contrast-enhanced image was taken in blue (F435W) and red (F656N) light. The group involved with the observation was led by Amy Simon-Miller (NASA GoddardSpace Flight Center), Glenn Orton (Jet Propulsion...
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment B: Apr. 20, 2006
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 20, 2006.
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment B: Apr. 18, 2006
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 18, 2006.
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment B: Apr. 19, 2006
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 19, 2006.
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment G - HST: Apr. 18, 2006
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3.
Hubble's Largest Galaxy Portrait Offers a New High-Definition View
Giant galaxies weren't assembled in a day. Neither was this Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101). It is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that has ever been released from Hubble. The galaxy's portrait is actually composed of 51...
Star Cluster NGC 290
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 290.
Star Cluster NGC 265
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 265.
Kuiper Belt Object 2003 UB313
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resolved Kuiper Belt object "Xena" for the first time and found that it is only just a little larger than Pluto. Ground-based observations suggested that Xena was about 30 percent greater in diameter than Pluto, but Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys images,...
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope! - Starburst Galaxy M82
To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies involved in the project, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), are releasing this image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). This mosaic image is the sharpest wide-angle view ever...
Pluto System: March 2, 2006 (Red Filter)
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Pluto System: March 2, 2006 (Blue Filter)
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Pluto System: March 2, 2006
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Pluto System: February 15, 2006
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Chandra/Hubble/Spitzer X-ray/Visible/Infrared Image of M82
Composite of multi-wavelength images of the active galaxy M82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra (courtesy of NASA/CXC/JHU/D.Strickland) appears here in blue; infrared light...
Hydrogen Plume in M82
Plumes of gas and dust amid a field of numerous faint, resolved stars blown from the central regions of M82 into the outer "suburbs."
Nucleus of M82
The central "inner-city" portion of the galaxy showing the combined light of countless stars and revealing numerous star-forming clumps, dark red clouds of gas and dust obscuring the light from the galaxy's core, and an overall field of fainter resolved and unresolved red (cooler) and blue...
Disk of M82
A portion of M82's bluish disk, largely composed of young, hot stars. Numerous bright blue-white star-forming clumps and wisps of darker, cooler dust and gas appear superimposed on the disk.
Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula
This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More...
Nearby Dust Clouds in the Milky Way
The yearly ritual of spring cleaning clears a house of dust as well as dust "bunnies," those pesky dust balls that frolic under beds and behind furniture. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed similar dense knots of dust and gas in our Milky Way Galaxy. This cosmic dust, however, is...
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The snapshot includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colors. The smallest, reddest galaxies may be among the most distant known, existing when the universe was just about 800 million years old. The...
A Detailed Look at Spiral Galaxy M101
A close cropping of spiral galaxy M101 shows an array of stunning details that may be overlooked when viewing the full image. Due to the high sensitivity and fine resolution of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, one can clearly see individual dust lanes in the spiral arms as easily as an...
Full ACS Field of NGC 1309
This image of NGC 1309 extends out to the physical edge of the ACS field. The image was taken in 2005. NGC 1309 is 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) distant.
The Pluto System on Feb. 15, 2006 (Non-annotated)
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.
Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful Masterpiece
A new image from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes looks more like an abstract painting than a cosmic snapshot. The magnificent masterpiece shows the Orion nebula in an explosion of infrared, ultraviolet and visible-light colors. It was "painted" by hundreds of baby stars on a...
Hubble Snaps Images of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy
Looking like a child's pinwheel ready to be set a spinning by a gentle breeze, this dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured in this color image. Recent...
Circumstellar Debris Disk HD 139664
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 139664.
Circumstellar Debris Disk HD 53143
A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 53143.
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...
Abstract Art Found in the Orion Nebula
Close inspection of the 2006 Hubble Space Telescope color mosaic of the Orion Nebula (M42) reveals numerous treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star- forming region. Southwest of the Trapezium stars located in the center of the nebula, a stunning Hubble Heritage portrait captures a...
Failing Stars
The faint red stars in this close-up image are the myriad brown dwarfs that Hubble spied for the first time in the Orion Nebula in visible light. Sometimes called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are cool objects that are too small to be ordinary stars because they cannot sustain nuclear fusion in...
Over the Edge
This dark red column shows an illuminated edge of the cavity wall.
Sculpting the Landscape
This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds -- streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium stars -- collide with material.
The Orion Nebula's Biggest Stars
Packed into the center of this region are bright lights of the Trapezium stars, the four heftiest stars in the Orion Nebula. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars. The dark speck near the bottom, right...
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