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Hello, NGC 6440! 🤩

This newly released Hubble #StarrySights image shows a globular cluster located about 28,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

Explore more: https://go.nasa.gov/3OMKPIo
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Hubble Captures a Swarm of Stars

Looking like a glittering swarm of buzzing bees, the stars of globular cluster NGC 6440 shine brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located some 28,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, the archer.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Sonified stars ⭐🎵

This sonification brings an image of the star cluster Pismis 24 to life through sound. Scientists assigned pitches to elements of the image so we can experience its data in a new way!

More: https://www.nasa.gov/content/explore-from-space-to-sound
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Explore - From Space to Sound

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Twinkle, twinkle many stars…

This new Hubble image features NGC 2660, an open star cluster in the constellation Vela.

Find out more about this new Hubble #StarrySights image: https://go.nasa.gov/3EOxg6U
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Hubble Spies Sparkling Spray of Stars in NGC 2660

This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness like sparks left behind by a firework, is NGC 2660 in the constellation Vela, best viewed in the southern sky.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Welcome, Hubble’s first new #StarrySights image!

This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular cluster located 23,000 light-years away. Many thousands of stars gleam within this cluster, which scientists estimate to be 12 billion years old: https://go.nasa.gov/3gKQ3rJ
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Hubble Glimpses a Glittering Gathering of Stars

This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular star cluster located about 23,000 light-years away.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Time to take in some #StarrySights!

Over the next couple weeks, we'll be exploring Hubble views of different types of star clusters. Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3gNrNFf

Here's a quick guide for star cluster categories ⬇️
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Discoveries - Hubble's Star Clusters

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Open Clusters:

These contain between a few dozen to a few thousand stars, all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust. Their shape is more irregular than spherical, with large amounts of gas between the stars.
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Embedded Clusters:

These are like a "prequel" to open and globular clusters. As the youngest type of star cluster, they contain newly born and forming stars surrounded by cosmic gas and dust.
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Coming soon to a screen near you! ⭐

Starting on Monday, join us for two weeks of *stellar* star cluster content! New Hubble images, videos, and more are headed your way.

Get ready to explore #StarrySights from Hubble! Get ready here: https://go.nasa.gov/3ALBoDs
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Discoveries - Hubble's Star Clusters

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#BlackHoleFriday 🤝 #FlashbackFriday

Thirty years ago, @nasa released this extraordinary Hubble image of a gas and dust disk fueling a galaxy’s black hole.

Hubble observations helped provide evidence that most galaxies contain enormous black holes: https://go.nasa.gov/3ieuBMc
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Discoveries - Highlights | Realizing Monster Black Holes Are Everywhere

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This black hole is on the move!

Hubble found evidence of an isolated black hole roaming around the Milky Way.

It's estimated that there are about 100 million black holes like this that are drifting through our galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3icsjx4

Happy #BlackHoleFriday!
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Hubble Determines Mass of Isolated Black Hole Roaming Milky Way

Astronomers estimate that 100 million black holes roam among the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, but they have never conclusively identified an isolated black hole.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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This black hole is on the move!

Hubble determined the evidence of an isolated black hole roaming around the Milky Way.

It's estimated that there are about 100 million black holes like this that are drifting through our galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3tYXbDP

Happy #BlackHoleFriday!
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Hubble Determines Mass of Isolated Black Hole Roaming Milky Way

Astronomers estimate that 100 million black holes roam among the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, but they have never conclusively identified an isolated black hole.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Merge ahead ⚠️

This #HubbleFriday image showcases the peculiar galaxy merger known as Arp-Madore 417-391.

At 671 million light-years away, this merger is the result of two galaxies that were distorted by gravity and twisted together into a ring: https://go.nasa.gov/3Vphfe5
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Hubble Hunts an Unusual Galaxy

The galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391 steals the spotlight in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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#HappyThanksgiving from the Hubble team! 🦃

Turkey might just be on our minds, but the Orion Nebula, imaged here by Hubble and the Spitzer Space Telescope, looks like it might be home to a “space turkey”!

Read more about this image: https://go.nasa.gov/3EVPzIm
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Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula

Andres Almeida (NASA)
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So amazing & I love the introduction and testing of 3-D tactile #Hubble photos. #inclusion #Space
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Pandora’s Cluster ✨

This #HubbleClassic image depicts a giant galaxy cluster located in the constellation Sculptor. Scientists believe that this cluster resulted from a pile-up of at least four smaller galaxy clusters over 350 million years!

More: https://go.nasa.gov/3ErzmcF
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Abell 2744 Frontier Field

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Today marks our namesake Edwin Hubble’s birthday! 🎂

Our telescope is named after him, and so is the Hubble Constant – the rate at which our universe expands.

Learn more in this new Hubble Science video!
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Cloudy vision ☁️ This #HubbleFriday features “dense core” CB 130-3. This compact clump of gas and dust is the birthplace of stars! As the core collapses, its dense mass reaches the temperature required to spark hydrogen fusion, creating a new star: https://go.nasa.gov/3UM7W8c #Hubble

Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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What do #Artemis and Hubble have in common? 🤔 Engine 2056 – one of the RS-25 engines used to launch the Artemis 1 mission, was previously used for the fourth space shuttle servicing mission to Hubble! Find out more about these engines: https://go.nasa.gov/3EidpMV #Hubble
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Pencil Nebula ✏️ This #HubbleClassic image shows a nebula that’s part of the Vela supernova remnant – the “leftovers” of a star’s supernova explosion. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3EzEWLj #Hubble

Supernova Shock Wave Paints Cosmic Portrait

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Time for a cosmic crossover! Two galaxies collectively known as IC 1623 are seen merging together by Hubble (left) and @NASAWebb (right). Their collision has ignited a frenzy of starbirth: https://go.nasa.gov/3FfbZoM Why do these views look different? ⬇️ #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1584924896660013061#m

Webb Explores a Pair of Merging Galaxies

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An X-cellent composite with @ChandraXRay! These images show the nebula N44, which is full of glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, and massive stars. One of its most distinctive features is the dark, starry gap near the middle called a “superbubble.” #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1587897370700046337#m
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Twice the telescopes = twice as iconic 🤩 Take in these views from Hubble and @NASAWebb, all featuring the star-forming region known as the Pillars of Creation. Both telescopes see in different wavelengths of light, so working together, we get a broader view of these pillars! #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1587490973101195265#m
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Near-infrared 🤝 Mid-infrared These Hubble and @NASAWebb views of the Pillars of Creation demonstrate how looking at the same cosmic object in different wavelengths of light can unveil different features: https://go.nasa.gov/3U4EmKh More ⬇️ #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1586014501111058432#m

NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope using its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) camera has snapped this eerie, extremely dusty view of the Pillars of Creation in mid-infrared light – showing us a new view of a familiar landscape.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Peer into this cosmic keyhole! This #HubbleFriday showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula located 1,350 light-years from Earth. The nebula is quite literally composed of stardust: the leftover dust and gas from a newborn star! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3fiNY5G #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1585983934940254208#m

Hubble Peers at Mysterious Cosmic ‘Keyhole’

This peculiar portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Welcome to a “starburst galaxy”! 🌟 Seen in this #HubbleClassic view, M61 earned this title due to its incredibly high rate of star formation. M61 is located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo: https://go.nasa.gov/3DoOKar #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1584635848225701892#m

Messier 61

Discovered in 1779 by the Italian astronomer Barnaba Oriani, M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier noticed it on the same night as Oriani, but he mistook the galaxy for a passing comet.
Rob Garner (NASA)
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These two cosmic objects bring double trouble for #HubbleFriday! The pair of glowing clumps are Herbig-Haro objects 1,250 light-years away. They were created when jets of gas from newborn stars collided with surrounding gas and dust at breakneck speed: https://go.nasa.gov/3z1SD2x #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1583459834703540226#m

Hubble Views a Turbulent Stellar Nursery

The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig-Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Cosmic cobwebs?! 🕸️ Not quite. But this web of galaxies known as Abell 611 is held together by a mysterious force – dark matter, which astronomers believe makes up most of our universe. Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3SPUNJI #HappyHalloween from Hubble! #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1587081992306589698#m

A Cosmic Cobweb - Hubble celebrates the spooky season with Abell 611 — a cobweb of galaxies held together by a dark secret

Nowadays, all galaxies and galaxy clusters are thought to be dominated by dark matter — an elusive quantity whose nature astronomers are still working to determine. Abell 611, the glowing galaxy cluster shown in this Hubble image, is no exception.
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Look familiar? 👀 This iconic shot shows the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region within the Eagle Nebula. Beyond looking at it, we can also listen to it! Scientists assign sound to data to give us a new way of understanding the image: https://www.nasa.gov/content/explore-from-space-to-sound #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1583195817925804032#m

Explore - From Space to Sound

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What better way to mark #NewFriendsDay than with this new view? One of Hubble’s most iconic shots now has a complementary companion from our friend @NASAWebb! This star-forming region is known as the Pillars of Creation, and shows a small region of the Eagle Nebula. #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1582759738118660101#m
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New #DARTMission image just dropped! Last month, @nasa crashed a spacecraft into a non-threatening asteroid in a test of planetary defense. This new Hubble image shows a surprising update – two tails of dust ejecting from the impacted asteroid system: https://go.nasa.gov/3TBEjp7 #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1583116777869160450#m

NASA’s Hubble Spots Twin Tails in New Image After DART Impact

Follow-up DART observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are already revealing the clearest image of a stunning surprise – a newly developed second tail of ejecta.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Space is for everyone! This #WorldSightDay, find out how @nasa Braille books put space at our fingertips: https://go.nasa.gov/3Cvg7On More NASA Braille books: https://go.nasa.gov/3exg3FJ Another way to experience Hubble images is through sound! Find out how: https://go.nasa.gov/3ViVNZf #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1580593265401032710#m

Explore - From Space to Sound

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What’s more beautiful than a star? A whole cluster of them! This #HubbleFriday image shows Terzan 1, a globular cluster about 22,000 light-years away. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groups of stars bound together by gravity: https://go.nasa.gov/3EExhM3 #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1580921378504839170#m

Hubble Eyes a Brilliant Star Cluster

This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Terzan 1, a globular cluster that lies about 22,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Needle’s Eye Galaxy 🪡 This #HubbleClassic view unveils a galaxy about 11 million light-years away from us. It earned its nickname because one end of the galaxy is strangely empty of stars (not seen in this image of the starry center): https://go.nasa.gov/3eI55gP #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1582461519584976904#m

Caldwell 62

We’ve introduced the Needle galaxy (Caldwell 38) and the Silver Needle galaxy (Caldwell 26) — now meet the Needle’s Eye galaxy.
Edward Henderson (NASA)
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Peer into this cosmic keyhole! This #HubbleFriday showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula located 1,350 light-years from Earth. The nebula is quite literally composed of stardust: the leftover dust and gas from a newborn star! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3fiNY5G #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1585983934940254208#m

Hubble Peers at Mysterious Cosmic ‘Keyhole’

This peculiar portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Time for a cosmic crossover! Two galaxies collectively known as IC 1623 are seen merging together by Hubble (left) and @NASAWebb (right). Their collision has ignited a frenzy of starbirth: https://go.nasa.gov/3FfbZoM Why do these views look different? ⬇️ #Hubble http://nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1584924896660013061#m

Webb Explores a Pair of Merging Galaxies

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