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Southern Crab Nebula
ABOUT THIS IMAGEIn celebration of the 29th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers captured this festive, colorful look at the tentacled Southern Crab Nebula.
The nebula, officially known as Hen 2-104, is located…
Phoenix Cluster
ABOUT THIS IMAGEThe Phoenix galaxy cluster contains the first confirmed supermassive black hole that is unable to prevent large numbers of stars from forming in the core of the galaxy cluster where it resides.
The Phoenix Cluster system has several…
Neptune
ABOUT THIS IMAGEThis Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 image of Neptune, taken in Sept. and Nov. 2018, shows a new dark storm (top center).
Uranus
ABOUT THIS IMAGEThis Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 image of Uranus, taken in Nov. 2018, reveals a vast bright stormy cloud cap across the planet's north pole.
Galaxy D100
ABOUT THIS IMAGEThe spiral galaxy D100, on the far right of this Hubble Space Telescope image, is being stripped of its gas as it plunges toward the center of the giant Coma galaxy cluster.
The dark brown streaks near D100's central region are…
Asteroid (6478) Gault
ABOUT THIS IMAGEHubble Witnesses Asteroid Coming Unglued
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the gradual self-destruction of an asteroid, whose ejected dusty material has formed two long, thin, comet-like tails. The longer tail stretches more…
Mars Opposition 2018
ABOUT THIS IMAGEHubble’s Close-up View of Mars Dust Storm
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope photographed Mars on July 18, near its closest approach to Earth since 2003. The planet was observed near opposition, when the Sun, Earth and Mars are lined…
IC 63 Ghost Nebula
ABOUT THIS IMAGEPowerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long flowing veils of gas and dust. One striking example is "the Ghost of Cassiopeia," officially known as IC 63, located 550 light-years away in the…
Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster
ABOUT THIS IMAGEPeering deep into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rich tapestry of more than half a million stars. Except for a few blue, foreground stars, the stars are part of the Milky Way's nuclear star…
Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago.
Called the Veil Nebula, the debris is one of the best-known supernova…