
Cosmic Reef Visualization | HubbleSite
The visualization is an interpretation of the nebulas' complex structure and is based on images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The movie begins with the view of NGC 2014 (lower left) and …
Jupiter — January 24, 2015 | HubbleSite
Jan 24, 2025 · The Hubble image on the left (unlabeled at top left, labeled at bottom left) shows the beginning of the event, which took place on January 24, 2015. From left to right the moons Callisto …
Lagoon Nebula (Infrared-light View) | HubbleSite
Hubble’s view offers a sneak peek at the dramatic vistas NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will provide. The most obvious difference between Hubble’s infrared and visible photos of this region is …
Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Leo IV | HubbleSite
Astronomers used Hubble to measure the ages of the stars in Leo IV and two other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies. The measurements revealed that the stars in all three galaxies are more than 13 billion …
Disintegration of Asteroid P/2013 R3 | HubbleSite
Caption This series of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the breakup of an asteroid over a period of several months starting in late 2013. The largest fragments are up to 180 meters (200 yards) in …
Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261) | HubbleSite
Caption Hubble's variable nebula is named (like the Hubble telescope itself) after the American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who carried out some of the early studies of this object. It is a fan …
Elliptical Galaxy M60 | HubbleSite
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the massive elliptical galaxy M60. The galaxy lies about 50 million light-years away inside the immense Virgo Cluster of 2,500 galaxies.
What is Cosmological Redshift? | HubbleSite
Hubble and Webb are at the top, pointing downward. Both are shown in simple grayscale as viewed from the side. Time and space are represented as a transparent blue funnel that is wide at the top …
NASA's Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo
Sep 9, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory looked in the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies and uncovered twin supermassive black holes waltzing around each other. …
Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids | HubbleSite
Apr 18, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. …