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  1. NASA's Hubble Takes the Closest-Ever Look at a Quasar

    The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. Hubble is a …

  2. Hubble Makes First Direct Measurements of Atmosphere on World …

    Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have made the first direct detection of the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star outside our solar system and have obtained the first …

  3. V838 Monocerotis | HubbleSite

    Hubble has observed the V838 Mon light echo several times since 2002. Light from V838 Mon continues propagating outward. Each new observation of the light echo reveals a new and unique "thin-section" …

  4. Carina Nebula | HubbleSite

    Hubble's view of the nebula shows star birth in a new level of detail. The nebula's fantastic landscape is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the monster stars …

  5. R Aquarii (WFC3 Image) | HubbleSite

    NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars.

  6. Asteroid Passes in Front of UGC 12158 (Compass Image)

    This Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158 looks like someone took a white marking pen to it. In reality it is a combination of time exposures of a foreground asteroid …

  7. Multiple Galaxy Collisions | HubbleSite

    Astronomers have interpreted the oddly shaped objects in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots as strong visual evidence for multiple galaxies crashing into each other.

  8. M87 | HubbleSite

    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.

  9. Stars Bursting to Life in the Chaotic Carina Nebula | HubbleSite

    These two images of a huge pillar of star birth demonstrate how observations taken in visible and in infrared light by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal dramatically different and complementary …

  10. Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings

    The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. Hubble is a …