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Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.19
Spirals and supernovae
The majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the constellation of Cetus 118 million light-years from Earth.
NGC 1015 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy — just like our home, the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Spirals and supernovae
The majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the constellation of Cetus 118 million light-years from Earth.
NGC 1015 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy — just like our home, the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.19
Spirals and supernovae
The majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the constellation of Cetus 118 million light-years from Earth.
NGC 1015 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy — just like our home, the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Spirals and supernovae
The majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the constellation of Cetus 118 million light-years from Earth.
NGC 1015 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy — just like our home, the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.18
The Lagoon Nebula
Around 4000 light-years away, it’s an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Lagoon Nebula
Around 4000 light-years away, it’s an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
February 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.18
The Lagoon Nebula
Around 4000 light-years away, it’s an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Lagoon Nebula
Around 4000 light-years away, it’s an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Countdown Begins for Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal
The countdown clock began at 8:13 p.m. EST, or L-48 hours, 40 minutes before the opening of a simulated launch window at 9 pm. Mon, Feb. 2. The test is expected to go until approximately 1 a.m. Feb. 3.
#Artemis #NASA #Moon #Space #Science
The countdown clock began at 8:13 p.m. EST, or L-48 hours, 40 minutes before the opening of a simulated launch window at 9 pm. Mon, Feb. 2. The test is expected to go until approximately 1 a.m. Feb. 3.
#Artemis #NASA #Moon #Space #Science
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.17
Crab Nebula
This Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Crab Nebula
This Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.17
Crab Nebula
This Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Crab Nebula
This Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.16
New stars shed light on the past
This image depicts bright blue newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the centre of a fascinating star-forming region known as N90.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
New stars shed light on the past
This image depicts bright blue newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the centre of a fascinating star-forming region known as N90.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.16
New stars shed light on the past
This image depicts bright blue newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the centre of a fascinating star-forming region known as N90.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
New stars shed light on the past
This image depicts bright blue newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the centre of a fascinating star-forming region known as N90.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
#NASA SLS Rocket:
Secondary Payloads - When NASA’s SLS rocket launches the agency’s #Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats (satellites), will be hitching a ride inside the rocket’s Orion stage adapter. All four CubeSats are provided by countries that are signatories of the Artemis Accords.🚀
Secondary Payloads - When NASA’s SLS rocket launches the agency’s #Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats (satellites), will be hitching a ride inside the rocket’s Orion stage adapter. All four CubeSats are provided by countries that are signatories of the Artemis Accords.🚀
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.15
Saturn Portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20th June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth that year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Saturn Portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20th June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth that year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.15
Saturn Portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20th June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth that year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Saturn Portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20th June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth that year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.14
Sombrero Galaxy
The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. It lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Sombrero Galaxy
The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. It lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.14
Sombrero Galaxy
The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. It lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Sombrero Galaxy
The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. It lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.13
The Stellar Forge
The vast swathes of tell-tale blue seen throughout the galaxy indicate areas that are full of young, hot stars, and it is in the shades of orange, seen nearer the centre, that the older, cooler stars reside.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Stellar Forge
The vast swathes of tell-tale blue seen throughout the galaxy indicate areas that are full of young, hot stars, and it is in the shades of orange, seen nearer the centre, that the older, cooler stars reside.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.13
The Stellar Forge
The vast swathes of tell-tale blue seen throughout the galaxy indicate areas that are full of young, hot stars, and it is in the shades of orange, seen nearer the centre, that the older, cooler stars reside.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Stellar Forge
The vast swathes of tell-tale blue seen throughout the galaxy indicate areas that are full of young, hot stars, and it is in the shades of orange, seen nearer the centre, that the older, cooler stars reside.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
#Artemis II Rocket Reaches Launch Pad - At 6:42 p.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 17, NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket & Orion spacecraft reached Launch Pad 39B after a nearly 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. 🚀 #NASA #Science
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.12
Galaxies Galore
With nearly 10,000 galaxies, the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, across billions of light-years
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Galaxies Galore
With nearly 10,000 galaxies, the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, across billions of light-years
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.12
Galaxies Galore
With nearly 10,000 galaxies, the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, across billions of light-years
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Galaxies Galore
With nearly 10,000 galaxies, the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, across billions of light-years
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 11
Magnetic monster NGC 1275
This stunning image provides amazing detail & resolution of the fragile filamentary structures. These filaments are cool despite being surrounded by gas that is around 55 million degrees Celsius
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Magnetic monster NGC 1275
This stunning image provides amazing detail & resolution of the fragile filamentary structures. These filaments are cool despite being surrounded by gas that is around 55 million degrees Celsius
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 11
Magnetic monster NGC 1275
This stunning image provides amazing detail & resolution of the fragile filamentary structures. These filaments are cool despite being surrounded by gas that is around 55 million degrees Celsius
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Magnetic monster NGC 1275
This stunning image provides amazing detail & resolution of the fragile filamentary structures. These filaments are cool despite being surrounded by gas that is around 55 million degrees Celsius
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission: NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
🚀 🌕 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space #Artemis
🚀 🌕 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space #Artemis
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission: NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
🚀 🌕 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space #Artemis
🚀 🌕 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space #Artemis
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 10
Horsehead Nebula
Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33.
Selected as Hubble’s 23rd year anniversary image!
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Horsehead Nebula
Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33.
Selected as Hubble’s 23rd year anniversary image!
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 10
Horsehead Nebula
Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33.
Selected as Hubble’s 23rd year anniversary image!
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Horsehead Nebula
Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33.
Selected as Hubble’s 23rd year anniversary image!
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 9
Antennae Galaxies
The galaxies are locked in a deadly embrace. Once normal, sedate spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, the pair have spent the past few hundred million years sparring with one another.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Antennae Galaxies
The galaxies are locked in a deadly embrace. Once normal, sedate spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, the pair have spent the past few hundred million years sparring with one another.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 9
Antennae Galaxies
The galaxies are locked in a deadly embrace. Once normal, sedate spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, the pair have spent the past few hundred million years sparring with one another.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Antennae Galaxies
The galaxies are locked in a deadly embrace. Once normal, sedate spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, the pair have spent the past few hundred million years sparring with one another.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 8
The Bubble Nebula
The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Bubble Nebula
The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 8
The Bubble Nebula
The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Bubble Nebula
The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 7
The star-forming region NGC 3603
Contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The star-forming region NGC 3603
Contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 7
The star-forming region NGC 3603
Contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The star-forming region NGC 3603
Contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 6
Galaxy NGC 2525
Pictured below is the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Galaxy NGC 2525
Pictured below is the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 6
Galaxy NGC 2525
Pictured below is the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Galaxy NGC 2525
Pictured below is the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere.
🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 5
Rings of Relativity - The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon. 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Rings of Relativity - The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon. 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 5
Rings of Relativity - The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon. 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Rings of Relativity - The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon. 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 4
The Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. January 2015 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. January 2015 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 4
The Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. January 2015 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
The Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. January 2015 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 3
🔭 Westerlund 2 — Hubble’s 25th anniversary image #Science #Astronomy #Space
🔭 Westerlund 2 — Hubble’s 25th anniversary image #Science #Astronomy #Space
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - Number 3
🔭 Westerlund 2 — Hubble’s 25th anniversary image #Science #Astronomy #Space
🔭 Westerlund 2 — Hubble’s 25th anniversary image #Science #Astronomy #Space
Mars’s mysterious slope streaks aren’t signs of water after all! 🧪🔭
A study using machine learning and decades of orbital data revealed they are the result of dust sliding down steep terrain.
#NASA #Space #Science
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/05/Streaks_on_Mars
A study using machine learning and decades of orbital data revealed they are the result of dust sliding down steep terrain.
#NASA #Space #Science
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/05/Streaks_on_Mars
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Mars’s mysterious slope streaks aren’t signs of water after all! 🧪🔭
A study using machine learning and decades of orbital data revealed they are the result of dust sliding down steep terrain.
#NASA #Space #Science
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/05/Streaks_on_Mars
A study using machine learning and decades of orbital data revealed they are the result of dust sliding down steep terrain.
#NASA #Space #Science
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/05/Streaks_on_Mars