
AG Carinae | HubbleSite
Hubble is ideally suited for ultraviolet-light observations because this wavelength range can only be viewed from space. Massive stars, like AG Carinae, are important to astronomers because of their …
Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids | HubbleSite
Apr 18, 2024 · 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's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261) | HubbleSite
Caption Hubble's variable nebula is named (like the Hubble telescope itself) after the American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who carried out some of the early studies of this object. It is a fan …
Full Disk of Jupiter (8-Panel) | HubbleSite
Caption Using Hubble Space Telescope data spanning approximately 90 days (between December 2023 and March 2024) when the giant planet Jupiter ranged from 391 million to 512 million miles …
Lagoon Nebula (Infrared-light View) | HubbleSite
Hubble’s view offers a sneak peek at the dramatic vistas NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will provide. The most obvious difference between Hubble’s infrared and visible photos of this region is …
Saturn Compass Image - HubbleSite
Dec 21, 2023 · Hubble's crisp images show that the frequency of spoke apparitions is seasonally driven, first appearing in OPAL data in 2021 but only on the morning (left) side of the rings. Long-term …
Hubble View of Eris and Dysnomia | HubbleSite
Hubble observations were obtained on Dec. 3, 2005 and Aug. 30, 2006 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys. The Hubble images were combined with images from the Keck telescopes taken on Aug. …
Disintegration of Asteroid P/2013 R3 | HubbleSite
Caption This series of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the breakup of an asteroid over a period of several months starting in late 2013. The largest fragments are up to 180 meters (200 yards) in …
Cepheids in Spiral Galaxy NGC 5584 | HubbleSite
Caption This illustration shows the location of Cepheid variables found in the spiral galaxy NGC 5584. Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared data taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in 2010 reveal …
What is Cosmological Redshift? | HubbleSite
Hubble and Webb are at the top, pointing downward. Both are shown in simple grayscale as viewed from the side. Time and space are represented as a transparent blue funnel that is wide at the top …