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Science In ActionHubble’s 25th AnniversaryHubble Space Telescope's 25th Anniversary

Iconic images from Hubble's 25 years exploring the universe

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The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Companion Galaxy, so-called grand-design spiral galaxies

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

  • A small portion of the Monkey Head Nebula unveils a collection of carved knots of gas and dust silhouetted against glowing gas
  • A Ribbon of Gas - A Thin Section of a Supernova Remnant SN1006
  • Artist's View of a Dense Galaxy Core Forming
  • The "Pillars of Creation" from the Eagle Nebula, taken in HD to celebrate Hubble's 25th anniversary
  • Colourful Stars Galore Inside Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri
  • The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Companion Galaxy, so-called grand-design spiral galaxies
  • Giant Black Hole in Center of Ultracompact Galaxy
  • Comet Ison
  • Star V838 Monocerotis
  • Hubble Unveils Colourful and Turbulent Star-Birth Region on its 100,000th Orbit, Star Cluster NGC 2074
  • Orion Nebula where thousands of stars are forming inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas
  • Butterfly Emerges from Stellar Demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302.
  • Sombrero Galaxy - Messier 104 (M104)
  • Planetary Nebula MyCn18: An Hourglass Pattern Around a Dying Star

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