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Hubble Space Telescope

617 entries from June 21, 1995 to September 16, 2026. Entries that mention Hubble: the space telescope or the astronomer.

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Hubble and JWST image of M64. A massive spiral galaxy glows with a yellow core, surrounded by arms full of orange-brown dust and pink and blue patches of star formation. Framed by a haze of dark dust, the galaxy shines against black space d September 16, 2026

Webb's View of M64

NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (ESO), J. Lee (STScI), A. Leroy (OSU), and D. Thilker (JHU); Processing: G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University)A dark field has a bright circular disk near the center. Around the center of this disk are bands. One of the bands appear particularly geometric and appears to have 10 sides. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. September 8, 2026

Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole

NASA, ESA, STScI, HST; A. Sánchez-Lavega (UPV), A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (UC Berkeley); Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)A starfield surrounds three large brown pillars of dark dust. The pillars are shown vertically. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 31, 2026

Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , HLA ; Processing: Luis Romero VenturaThe featured image shows a the big beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 with encompassing spiral arms tinted blue from young stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. May 17, 2026

NGC 1300: Barred Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA ESA , Hubble HeritageThe Tadpoles of IC 410 March 17, 2026

The Tadpoles of IC 410

Image Credit & Copyright: Nico CarverWebb and Hubble: IC 5332 February 26, 2026

Webb and Hubble: IC 5332

Image Credit: ESA/Webb , NASA , CSA , J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST Teams Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )A starfield is shown with an unusual orange object in the center. Surrounding this object are blue rings and four thick jets. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. February 25, 2026

The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope

Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA , B. Balick ( U. Washington )A dark field surrounds a red nebula. The shape of the nebula appears like the letter January 5, 2026

The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & License: Judy SchmidtThe ball of colorful stars is shown where the center is so dense with stars it is hard to identify individual stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. December 28, 2025

NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASAThe planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colors of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explana November 11, 2025

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & License: Judy SchmidtA spiral galaxy covers the right part of the image. Brown dust and blue stars trace the spiral arms. On the left part of the image are several more red galaxies far in the distance. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 5, 2025

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA , A. Riess , K. NollA dark star field with several small galaxies features a yellowish galaxy in the center. Surrounding this galaxy is a blue nearly circular horseshoe shaped object. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. November 2, 2025

A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASA

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