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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…
Tags: Mars, Observations, Planets, Solar System
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…
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…
Tags: Galaxies, Intergalactic Gas, Observations
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.
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).
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…
Tags: Black Holes, Galaxy Clusters, Observations
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…
Tags: Hubble Favorites, Nebulas, Observations
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3147
ABOUT THIS IMAGEHubble Probes the Black Hole Inside a Majestic Spiral Galaxy
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space in this Hubble Space Telescope image. They are…
Tags: Black Holes, Galaxies, Observations, Spiral Galaxies
Eta Carinae: Observations in UV Light Uncover Magnesium Embedded in Warm Gas
ABOUT THIS IMAGEGiant Star Yields New Clues About Turbulent Life
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant, petulant star Eta Carinae is yielding new surprises.
Telescopes such as Hubble have monitored the super-massive star for more than two…
Tags: Hubble Favorites, Observations, Stars, Variable Stars
Europa Global Views in Natural and Enhanced Colors
ABOUT THIS IMAGEThis color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Jupiter’s intriguing moon, Europa, for a view of the moon in natural color (left) and in enhanced color designed to bring out subtle color differences in the…
Tags: Jupiter, Moons, Multimission, Observations, Planets, Solar System