
Multiwavelength Crab Nebula | HubbleSite
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages …
M87 | HubbleSite
Caption A Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant galaxy M87 shows a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma blasting from the galaxy's 6.5-billion-solar-mass central black hole. The blowtorch-like jet …
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 …
Bidding Hubble Farewell After Servicing Mission 4 (2009)
The Hubble Space Telescope floats against the background of space as it is released by the Space Shuttle Atlantis after Servicing Mission 4 (SM4, STS-125) on May 19, 2009, 7:57 a.m. (CDT).
Saturn Compass Image - HubbleSite
Dec 21, 2023 · Hubble's crisp images show that the frequency of spoke apparitions is seasonally driven, first appearing in OPAL data in 2021 but only on the morning (left) side of the rings. Long-term …
Closeup of Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit | HubbleSite
The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges.
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 …
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 …
Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit | HubbleSite
On February 24, 2009, when Saturn’s rings were nearly edge-on, Hubble tracked four of Saturn’s moons as they passed across the face of the giant ringed planet. In this image, captured with Hubble’s Wide …
Cygnus Loop Compass Image | HubbleSite
Caption Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to zoom in for a close-up look at one sliver of the Cygnus Loop nebula—a huge bubble of glowing gasses. They found gossamer filaments …