Hubble Captures View of 'Mystic Mountain'(01 of40)
Open Image ModalHubble\'s 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the radiation of nearby stars, while stars within the pillar unleash jets of gas that stream from the peaks.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
ACS Image of NGC 5866(02 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Giant "Twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula(03 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA
The Spirograph Nebula (IC 418)(04 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: Dr. Raghvendra Sahai (JPL) and Dr. Arsen R. Hajian (USNO)\r\n
30 Doradus in Ultraviolet, Visible, and Red Light(05 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O\'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee
The Ant Nebula (Menzel 3): Fiery Lobes Protrude From Dying, Sun-like Star(06 of40)
Open Image ModalImage Credit: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion Lab) and B. Balick (University of Washington)\r\n
The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)(07 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)]
Dying Star HD 44179, the "Red Rectangle," Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust(08 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA; ESA; Hans Van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium); and Martin Cohen (University of California, Berkeley)
Galaxy Triplet Arp 274(09 of40)
Open Image ModalArp 274 is a trio of galaxies. They appear to be partially overlapping in this image, but may be located at different distances.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Cassiopeia A: Colorful, Shredded Remains of Old Supernova(10 of40)
Open Image ModalThis youngest-known supernova remnant in our galaxy lies 10,000 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light from this exploding star first reached Earth in the 1600s.\r\nImage Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: R. Fesen (Dartmouth) and J. Morse (Univ. of Colorado)
Rainbow Image of the Egg Nebula(11 of40)
Open Image ModalAn onionskin-like structure of concentric dust shells surround a central, aging star. Twin beams of light radiate from the star and illuminate the usually invisible dust. Artificial colors show how light reflects off the particles and heads toward Earth.\r\nCredit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: W. Sparks (STScI) and R. Sahai (JPL)
Jet in Carina: WFC3 UVIS Full Field(12 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Jet in Carina(13 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Starburst Galaxy M82(14 of40)
Open Image ModalPlumes of glowing hydrogen blast from the central nucleus of M82. The pale, star-like objects are clusters of tens to hundreds of thousands of stars.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI), and P. Puxley (National Science Foundation)
Picture Album: Hubble's Black and White View of the Universe(15 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: A. Nota (STScI/ESA)
The Eagle Has Risen: Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula(16 of40)
Open Image ModalA billowing tower of gas and dust rises from the stellar nursery known as the Eagle Nebula. This small piece of the Eagle Nebula is 57 trillion miles long (91.7 trillion km).\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Ring of Hot Blue Stars Pinwheels Around Yellow Nucleus of Hoag's Object Galaxy(17 of40)
Open Image ModalImage Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: Ray A. Lucas (STScI/AURA)\r\n
Nucleus of Galaxy Centaurus A(18 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: E.J. Schreier (STScI), and NASA
Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light(19 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
HST ACS/WFC Image of NGC 3021(20 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and A. Riess (STScI/JHU)
NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region(21 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC, and STScI
Interacting Spiral Galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163(22 of40)
Open Image ModalImage Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)\r\n
Combined X-Ray and Optical Images of the Crab Nebula(23 of40)
Open Image ModalCredits for X-ray Image: NASA/CXC/ASU/J. Hester et al.\r\nCredits for Optical Image: NASA/HST/ASU/J. Hester et al.
Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula(24 of40)
Open Image ModalThousands of stars are forming in the cloud of gas and dust known as the Orion nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light.\r\nCredit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
Star-Forming Region S106(25 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A String of 'Cosmic Pearls' Surrounds an Exploding Star(26 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
A Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases in the Omega/Swan Nebula (M17)(27 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU)
Three Moons Cast Shadows on Jupiter(28 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
The Helix Nebula: a Gaseous Envelope Expelled By a Dying Star(29 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O\'Dell (Vanderbilt University), M. Meixner and P. McCullough (STScI)
"Light Echo" Illuminates Dust Around Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon)(30 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
The Cat's Eye Nebula: Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of Gas and Dust(31 of40)
Open Image ModalThe Cat\'s Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to this kind of nebula. Eleven rings, or shells, of gas make up the Cat\'s Eye.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)\r\nAcknowledgment: R. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and Z. Tsvetanov (NASA)
Optical and X-ray Composite Image of SNR 0509-67.5(32 of40)
Open Image ModalScience Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Schaefer and A. Pagnotta (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)\r\nImage Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, SAO, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and J. Hughes (Rutgers University)\r\n
Spiral Galaxy M74(33 of40)
Open Image ModalBright knots of glowing gas light up the arms of spiral galaxy M74, indicating a rich environment of star formation. Messier 74, also called NGC 628, is slightly smaller than our Milky Way.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration\r\nAcknowledgment: R. Chandar (University of Toledo) and J. Miller (University of Michigan)
"X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)(34 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: H. Ford (JHU/STScI), the Faint Object Spectrograph IDT, and NASA
Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks(35 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, R. O\'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A Giant Hubble Mosaic of the Crab Nebula(36 of40)
Open Image ModalThe Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant, all that remains of a tremendous stellar explosion. Observers in China and Japan recorded the supernova nearly 1,000 years ago, in 1054.\r\nCredit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (M104)(37 of40)
Open Image ModalA brilliant white core is encircled by thick dust lanes in this spiral galaxy, seen edge-on. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light years from Earth.\r\nCredit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16): Pillars of Creation in a Star-Forming Region(38 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University)
A Galactic Spectacle(39 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, SAO, CXC, JPL-Caltech, and STScI\r\nAcknowledgment: J. DePasquale (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), and B. Whitmore (STScI)
Saturn's Double Light Show(40 of40)
Open Image ModalCredit: NASA, ESA, and Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)