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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…