Category: Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galaxy Hidden in a Dark Cloud 100 Million Light-Years Away

The subject of this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is the spiral galaxy IC 4633, located 100 million light-years away from us in the constellation Apus. IC 4633 is a galaxy rich in star-forming activity and also hosts an active galactic nucleus at its core. […]

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Glistening Red Nebula 7,000 Light-Years Away

Just in time for the fall foliage season, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene in red. It reveals a small region of the nebula Westerhout 5, which lies about 7,000 light-years from Earth. […]

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Captures Drifting Galaxy Over 900 Million Light-Years Away

The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy lies over 900 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of several jellyfish galaxies Hubble has been studying over the past two years. […]

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Observes an In-Between Galaxy

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3489. Lenticular galaxies aren’t quite spiral galaxies or elliptical galaxies. […]

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