Sep 4, 2024, 06:46 AM IST
Hubble Space Telescope used near-infrared light to pierce the dusty veil around Westerlund 2, revealing the dense star cluster within the Gum 29 nebula. This gave astronomers a clearer view of the 3,000 stars in the cluster.
The galaxy NGC 4535, located 50 million light-years away in Virgo, appears ghostly through small telescopes but is captured in stunning detail by the Hubble Space Telescope. Despite its hazy look, the image reveals its true beauty.
Astronomers are utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras, the spectacular light displays on the poles of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
NGC 4826, known as the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy, features a dark dust band across its bright nucleus. Astronomers are intrigued by its unusual internal motion.
This image of Caldwell 69 combines ultraviolet, visible, and infrared observations captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in 2019 and 2020.
This image of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1-2403 was captured as part of Hubble's Frontier Fields project, using natural gravitational lenses and Hubble's long-exposure capabilities to create deep field images.
The colliding spiral galaxies NGC 4676, dubbed "The Mice," are named for their long tails of stars and gas. They are expected to eventually merge into one giant galaxy.
Ring galaxies like AM 0644-741 form when one galaxy passes through another's disk. This galaxy, located 300 million light-years away in the Volans constellation, is a striking example.
This Hubble image captures NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in Orion, located about 1,350 light-years from Earth. Positioned near the Orion Nebula, it's close to the nearest massive star formation region to Earth.