The best images of Hubbles, 35 years since its launch
This image of Nebula Planetary NGC 2899 was captured by the large field of Hubble Space Telescope 3 (WFC3). Credit: NASA, ESA, STSCI; Image processing: Joseph Depasquale (STSCI), Alyssa Pagan (STSCI)
In the 35 years since the Hubble space telescope flew in space, took photos of comets, combining galaxies, planets, remains of supernova and more.
The unique telescope in its genre-One joint effort of the NASA and the European Space Agency-was struggled on board the shuttle Discovery April 24, 1990. Since then he made almost 1.7 million observations, observing about 55,000 astronomical objectives. From these data, the researchers published 22,000 articles that have been mentioned in the scientific literature 1.3 million times.
To recognize these results, we put together an album of some of the best (or at least, some of our favorites) images of the prolific career of the telescope. We hope that Hubble will teach us more on the cosmos for the years to come.
This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, depicts Gal-Clus-022058s, located in the constellation of the southern hemisphere of Fornax (La Fornace). Credit: Saurabh Jha (Rutgers, New Jersey State University); Recognition: Leo Shatz
The nebula Velo is one of the most spectacular supernova remains in the sky, which extends for 110 light years and covers an area of sky six times larger than the full moon. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team
A vast stellar nursery is 4,000 light years away in the heart of the Laguna nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA and STSCI
Astronomes used the Hubble Space Telescope to revisit one of its most iconic subjects, the so -called “creation pillars” in the nebula of Eagle (M16). Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
This image shows an enlarged view of the magnificent Sparara Galaxy Messier 51 (M51), nicknamed the Whirlpool galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STSCI) and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
In Caldwell 69, also cataloged as NGC 6302 and commonly known as butterfly or insect nebula, the layers of gas are expelled from a star similar to the sun. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble SM4 I was Team
This chased landscape that shows the impact that the Tycho crater is among the most violent places in our moon. Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Ehrenreich (Institut de Planétologie et d’Egrophysique de Grenoble (iPag)/CNRS/University Joseph Fourier)
NGC 5335 is classified as a flourishing spiral galaxy, taken on 11 March 2025. Credit: NASA, ESA, SSCI; Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STSCI)
This image of Hubble Space Telescope shows the final arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy at 120 million light years away in the constellation of Cepheus. Credit: NASA, ESA, STSCI, Paul Sell (University of Florida); Recognition: Leo Shatz
Flame nebula is a large region that form stellar in the constellation of Orion which is located at around 1,400 light years from the earth. Credit: NASA, ESA and N. da Rio (University of Virginia); Elaboration: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
Located in Cassiopeia, not far from Caldwell 17, Caldwell 18 is a dwarf galaxy and a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Ferguson (University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy); Elaboration: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
This image of Hubble’s advanced camera for surveys shows a cosmic strangeness, Dwarf Galaxy Ddo 68. Credit: NASA & ESA; Recognition: A. Aloisi (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Liller 1 is only 30,000 light years from the earth-reality nearby in astronomical-ma terms is located within the “swelling” of the Milky Way, the dense and dusty region in our Galaxy’s Center. Credit: ESA/Hubble & Nasa, F. Ferraro
In 2011, the Hubble Space Telescope became the first earth -based telescope to take an image of the Auroras on Uranus. Credit: ESA/Hubble & Nasa, L. Lamy/Observatory de Paris
This vision of Saturn from the Hubble Space Telescope, taken in 2019. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), MH Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and Opal Team
Caldwell 60 (NGC 4038) and Caldwell 61 (NGC 4039) are known as Ringtail or antennas galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & Nasa
This image, obtained with the advanced camera for the polls on February 8, 2004, shows an expanding halo to light around a distant star named V838 Monocetis (V838 MON). Credit: NASA and Hubble Heritage Team (Aura/Stsci)
The image, taken by the advanced camera for the surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the most acute view ever taken from this region, called Orion nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Treasury Space Telescope Space Team Team Hubble Orion
In this composite image of Hubble Space Telescope taken in April 2013, the Sun approaches the Comet ISON. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
The nebula tarantula is a Rauca region of stellar birth that resides at 170,000 light years in the large Magelanica cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Credit: NASA, ESA and E. Sabbi (Stsci)
The nebula of the bubble is 7 light-circle years once and a half the distance from our sun to its closest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri-e resides 7,100 light years from the earth in the constellation of Cassopeia. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
Mars took on December 29, 2024. Credits: NASA, ESA, STSCI; Image processing: Joseph Depasquale (STSCI), Alyssa Pagan (STSCI)
NGC 5335 is classified as a flourishing spiral galaxy, taken on 11 March 2025. Credit: NASA, ESA, SSCI; Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STSCI)
The image captures the pair of interacting galaxies known as ARP-Modore 2339-661. Credit: ESA/Hubble & Nasa, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/Doe/Fnal/Noirlab/NSF/Aura; Recognition: L. Shatz
M82 or the cigar galaxy, shines intensely. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (SSCI/AURA) Thanksgiving: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (Stsci) and P. Puxley (National Science Foundation)
The majestic spiral galaxy Caldwell 30, also cataloged as NGC 7331, is often propagated as analogue to our Milky Way, since its size, shape and mass are similar to that of our galaxy. Credit: ESA/Hubble & Nasa/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University)
Horsehead’s nebula is part of a much larger complex in the constellation of Orion. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
This image of Hubble Space Telescope of Asteroids dwelling was taken on December 19, 2022, almost four months after the asteroid was influenced by the Dart of NASA mission (double rehaaring test of asteroids). Credit: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA)
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter in a composite color of ultraviolet wavelengths. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Wong (University of California – Berkeley), G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
The 100 million years globular cluster, NGC 1850, is located in the large Nuvola di Magellanic. Credit: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (Space Telescope Science Institute); Elaboration: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
The crab nebula is an expanding residue of the explosion of the supernova of a star. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189. Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team (Ssci/Aura)
