#hubble space telescope

[theofficialastronomy101]

The Orion Nebula

[thyinum]

I am so emotional about this mosaic of Andromeda galaxy by Hubble Space Telescope that took 10 years to make

This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away. It took over 10 years to make this vast and colorful portrait of the galaxy, requiring over 600 Hubble overlapping snapshots that were challenging to stitch together. The galaxy is so close to us, that in angular size it is six times the apparent diameter of the full Moon, and can be seen with the unaided eye. For Hubble's pinpoint view, that's a lot of celestial real estate to cover. This stunning, colorful mosaic captures the glow of 200 million stars. That's still a fraction of Andromeda's population. And the stars are spread across about 2.5 billion pixels. The detailed look at the resolved stars will help astronomers piece together the galaxy's past history that includes mergers with smaller satellite galaxies.

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2025/005/01JGY8JKWBHBWJ71V3QQTKM382?filterUUID=5a370ecc-f605-44dd-8096-125e4e623945

[silvereyedowl]

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Jupiter's Auroras - October 18th, 1996.

"Auroras are especially large on Jupiter. In pictures released on October 17th, 1996, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged these unusual light displays in more detail than ever before. Jupiter's auroras are linked to its volcanic moon Io. Io's volcanoes release particles, some of which become ionised, trapped by Jupiter's magnetic field, and rain down on the gas giant. The resulting auroral displays may be thousands of times brighter than any auroral display on Earth, and involve unusual spots. The above pictures show how the extended auroral emissions rotate with Jupiter, while the auroral spots stay synchronised to Io as it circles Jupiter."

[spacewonder19]

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from ESA/Hubble

[lilitdraws]

Aurora on Saturn's south pole.

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[tenkuu-otoshi]

Aurora Borealis on Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

[silvereyedowl]

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The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble

Credits: ESA, Hubble, NASA, Steven Marx, Hubble Legacy Archive

[archivedotorgfan]

this view of nearly 10,000 galaxies was the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, it shows a deep core sample of the universe. the total amount of exposure time was 11.3 days, taken between sept. 24, 2003 and jan. 16, 2004.

[spaceraceart]

i've been doing an astronomy internship this summer, and we recently talked about the space telescopes! wanted to personify some of them hehe.

James Webb (they/them): Their shiny poncho thing is inspired by the solar shield. They have a rivalry with Hubble, believing him to be obsolete. However, they secretly are worried they won't be able to live up to his legacy.

Hubble (he/him): His glasses represent the COSTAR instrument that was installed on Hubble to correct it's blurry images. He finds James Webb's attempt at a rivalry amusing, and just wants to become friends with the younger fella and help them out.

Nancy Grace Roman (she/her): A telescope not yet launched, she's an old NRO telescope, and is having trouble adjusting from a life of espionage to one of science.

[spacetelescopescience]

From the depths of the ocean to the most distant galaxies, we’re all connected! 💫 💙

Recently, @montereybayaquarium Executive Director Julie Packard and Space Telescope Science Institute Director Dr. Jennifer M. Lotz were honored with 2024 Clarke Foundation awards.

In celebration, the Aquarium has partnered with STScI to bring you images from outer space and Earth’s life-giving ocean. It’s in moments like these that we can pause to appreciate and be in awe of the world we live in. As John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts wrote in “The Log from the Sea of Cortez”: “It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ✨

Credit: NASA,ESA, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

[anchored-by-gravity]

The Butterfly Nebula (HST)

[theofficialastronomy101]

There are so many ‘UFO’ threads at the moment. The videos I’ve seen are just unfocused stars. This video is the bright star Sirius - it appears to flash different colours because it’s low in the sky and our atmosphere splits the colour spectrum like a prism

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Aurora Borealis on Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. 🪐

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

[spacewonder19]

At 70 million light-years away, Galaxy NGC 2146

[blasteffect]

“Hubble Tension”

James Webb & Hubble telescopes have confirmed the “Hubble Tension,” revealing that the universe expands at different rates depending on how it’s measured.

This mystery challenges our understanding of cosmic expansion, suggesting the universe’s rules may have changed over time.