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The hazy patch of stars on the right side of this image is actually a whole galaxy!

Seen in this #HubbleFriday view, the dwarf galaxy UGCA 307 resides about 26 million-light years away. The red bubbles of gas mark regions of recent star formation: https://go.nasa.gov/3z4ILop
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Take a dive into the Crab Nebula! 🦀

This fascinating cosmic object is the “leftovers” of a star’s supernova explosion. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3YRRAMw
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No matter where you are, you can explore Hubble’s views of Messier objects anytime. Plus, we’ll be sharing new images from the Messier catalog starting tomorrow.

Check out Hubble’s Messier collection here ⬇️ https://go.nasa.gov/3lmmKOv
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Cosmic blooms! 🌸

These flower-like images from Hubble and @NASAWebb show the dying star Wolf-Rayet 124 as it casts off outer layers of material.

Wolf-Rayet stars are among the most luminous, massive, and briefly detectable stars known.
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Hubble's view features observations taken in the visible light spectrum, which is what our human eyes can detect.

At a distance of 15,000 light-years, this star has the mass of 30 Suns... and has already shed 10 Suns' worth of material! https://go.nasa.gov/3Z4kZ6x
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Webb's new view shows the same object in infrared, which is ideal for studying cosmic dust – and WR 124 is producing a lot of dust!

With this new data, astronomers can explore questions of cosmic dust production in environments like WR 124. https://go.nasa.gov/3ZQqo1W
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Listen up and look up! đź”­

In this new episode of NASA’s Curious Universe, you’ll learn about stargazing and how telescopes like Hubble can help us understand our place in this enormous, beautiful universe.

Full episode here: https://go.nasa.gov/3mM7kmV
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Plus, stay tuned for Hubble’s #MessierMarathon!

Starting on March 17, we’ll share new images of cosmic objects from the Messier catalog on our social media, so you can stargaze right from your screen.

Get ready by exploring our Messier images! https://go.nasa.gov/3LnKFI0
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Today is Albert Einstein’s birthday *and* #PiDay!

What better way to celebrate than to learn more about Einstein rings?

This fascinating cosmic phenomenon magnifies distant light into ring-like shapes around massive, foreground objects like galaxy clusters. How does it work? ⬇️
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What a catch!

This #HubbleClassic image from 2005 shows the Boomerang Nebula, made of two lobes of matter being ejected from one central star.

Learn more about this nebula: https://go.nasa.gov/3lcdMmS
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Happy #HubbleFriday!

This week’s image shows the galaxy NGC 5486, located 110 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Pink wisps of star formation are seen threaded through NGC 5486, standing out from the galaxy’s diffuse core: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZSGWpO
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A million-second exposure. 10,000 galaxies. One mind-blowing image.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field image unveiled a powerful, deep view of our universe #OTD in 2004.

This image only covers the amount of sky you can see through an eight-foot-long soda straw: https://go.nasa.gov/3FaoVLC
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On this #InternationalWomensDay, meet Colleen Townsley.

She manages Hubble's Integration and Test Team, completing on-the-ground tests of things like new flight software and procedural changes before they're sent up to the orbiting observatory.

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, seen in this #HubbleClassic image from 1999, has captivated astronomers for centuries. The spot is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone.

It’s the largest known storm in our solar system and almost twice the size of Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/3SWCK5W
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Echo, echo…

Hubble captured a “light echo” from the star V838 Mon. A sequence of images shows how a pulse of light from this star illuminated its surrounding clouds of material!

Find out more about V838 Mon, including an image released #OTD in 2004: https://go.nasa.gov/3SNCyG4
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#WorldWildlifeDay 🤝 #HubbleFriday

This image shows a "jellyfish" galaxy called JO201.

As jellyfish galaxies move through space, gas is slowly stripped away – forming trails that look like tendrils illuminated by clumps of star formation!

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3YkC9Mu
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Back in the year 1006, humans recorded the arrival of light from a supernova explosion caused by the death of a star 7,000 light-years away!

In this #HubbleClassic view, some of the supernova's “leftovers” are seen as a red ribbon moving through space: https://go.nasa.gov/3IM5s5b
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why does Roman not overlap Hubble? Wouldn't that be useful for calibration and change detection? #hubble #roman #astronomy #astronomyquestion


Happy #WomensHistoryMonth!

This March, we’re featuring some of the women who help Hubble make history with their contributions to the mission.

First up, meet Hubble engineer Madison Brodnax!
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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth!

This March, we’re featuring some of the women who help Hubble make history with their contributions to the mission.

First up, meet Hubble engineer Madison Brodnax!
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What do all these Hubble images have in common?

They show the aftermath of stars that died in a bright, powerful explosion known as a supernova.

In a supernova, a star’s contents fling out into space at speeds of up to 25,000 miles (15,000 to 40,000 km) per second!
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These supernova remnants are made of material from the exploded star and any interstellar material it sweeps up in its path. Read more about supernova remnants and other types of nebulae: https://go.nasa.gov/3EILHKu

Check out @NASAUniverse for more supernova content all week!
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Cosmic contortions!

This #HubbleFriday image includes a cluster near the center that appears to be "stretching" nearby galaxies.

The cluster is a gravitational lens, magnifying the light from background objects with its powerful gravitational field: https://go.nasa.gov/3m2fNSP
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Starstruck? 🌟

This Hubble image shows star cluster M92. About 27,000 light-years away, it’s one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy.

Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars held together by their gravitational attraction: https://go.nasa.gov/41l5Jo8
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M92 was also one of @NASAWebb's first science observations, partially to test how well Webb observes stars that are densely packed together. Plus, Webb operates at longer wavelengths and is able to detect smaller, fainter stars in shorter amounts of time: https://go.nasa.gov/41gVa5o
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If you're curious about the empty portion, the center of M92 is very bright, so Webb isn’t able to capture it at the same time as the fainter stars at the edges.

Webb’s new observations can be combined with Hubble's existing data, allowing astronomers to learn more about M92.
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Hubble is known for its spectacular images of our universe. But how exactly are those images processed from the data the telescope collects?

Find out in this video! ⬇️
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A butterfly in the stars 🦋

This #HubbleClassic image of the Butterfly Nebula shows layers of gas being ejected from a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.

Eventually this nebula will fade and leave behind a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf: https://go.nasa.gov/3KoP25a
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Welcome to NGC 7496.

Hubble and @NASAWebb have both observed this spiral galaxy providing data across multiple wavelengths of light.

This is just one of many galaxies Webb is studying to learn how star formation impacts galactic evolution: https://go.nasa.gov/3Z3u6ol
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Hubble looked at the spiral galaxy NGC 7496 to better understand the relationship between young stars and the cold, dense clouds of gas in which they form.

The Hubble image includes observations taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. https://go.nasa.gov/3Sa6Anl
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On a collision course đź’Ą

This week’s #HubbleFriday image shows a spectacular trio of galaxies set to collide and eventually merge into one larger galaxy.

The galaxies, known to astronomers as SDSSCGB 10189, are within 50,000 light-years of one another: https://go.nasa.gov/3Z0YVK3
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Bigger and better together!

Hubble and @NASAWebb have both studied Pandora's Cluster in great detail, revealing gravitational lensing – which occurs when a massive object's gravity warps and magnifies the light coming from more distant objects behind it. ⬇️
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Hubble studied Pandora's central core as part of the three-year Frontier Fields program, which sought to use powerful space telescopes in tandem with gravitational lensing to peer deeper into the universe than ever before. https://go.nasa.gov/3lKudqA
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Webb's broader mosaic of four images shows three clusters of galaxies coming together to form a megacluster!

About 50,000 sources of near-infrared light were captured by Webb, allowing astronomers to learn more about galaxy evolution. https://go.nasa.gov/3S6mpeL
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A spiral of stars 🌀

A few months after the final Hubble servicing mission, the telescope took this #HubbleClassic image of the spiral galaxy M100.

It’s classified as a grand-design spiral galaxy because of its two prominent lanes of young, blue stars: https://go.nasa.gov/3YBSYUg
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Curious Universe is back! 🎧

The next season of NASA's podcast takes listeners on wild adventures through our solar system, galaxy, and beyond.

Tune in every Tuesday starting February 21: http://nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
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Happy #ValentinesDay from Venus – the planet named for the goddess of love! 💖

Hubble captured this image in ultraviolet light back in 1995. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, with surface temperatures at about 900 degrees Fahrenheit! More: https://go.nasa.gov/3E7r36j
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The Hubble Traveling Exhibit is now open at the INFINITY Science Center in Pearlington, Mississippi – marking the exhibit's 41st stop!

Featuring cosmic images and astronaut tools, the exhibit immerses visitors in the magnificence of the Hubble mission: https://go.nasa.gov/3jW1GgU
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Today marks the 26th anniversary of the second servicing mission up to the Hubble Space Telescope!

The SM2 astronaut crew greatly improved Hubble’s productivity by installing new scientific instruments and replacing degraded spacecraft components: https://go.nasa.gov/3jJ21Ua
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