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Horizon2020, Hubble: The Wonders of Space RevealedThe awe and wonder of our universe revealed in Hubble photos from space

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hubble's launch

  • A spectacular visualisation of Hubble's 30th anniversary image - showing the Giant Red Nebula and its smaller blue neighbour.
  • Pillars of Creation. The pillars are about 5 light-years tall, bathed in ultraviolet light from a group of young, massive stars
  • The Ghost Nebula is part of a larger nebulous region surrounding Gamma Cassiopeia
  • Lagoon Nebula. A young star is blasting powerful ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds
  • Bubble Nebula. Gas on the star is so hot it escapes into space as a stellar wind. Interstellar gas forms the edge of the bubble
  • Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014. Researchers say this image provides the missing link in star formation
  • A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula
  • Arp 273. This galaxy has a disk distorted into a rose-like shape by the gravitational tidal pull of the companion galaxy below
  • NGC 4258
  • Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841. Spiralling outward are dust lanes silhouetted against the population of middle-aged stars
  • Galaxy M106. Revealing the optical component of the "anomalous arms" of M106, seen here as red, glowing hydrogen emission
  • Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
  • The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy
  • Called Veil Nebula, the debris derives its name from its delicate filamentary structures
  • Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the final Hubble Servicing Mission in 2009
  • Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth
  • Astronaut Mike Massimino on Space Shuttle Atlantis as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope
  • The Space Shuttle Atlantis' robotic arm lifts the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay on May 19, 2009
  • Astronauts Smith and Lee install STIS during Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2
  • Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center
  • Space Telescope Operations Control Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia
  • Space Telescope Operations Control Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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