- Rose made of galaxies
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This photo was released to celebrate Hubble’s 21st anniversary. It shows two galaxies swirling together. This beautiful flower can be seen in the Andromeda constellation.
- When Black holes collide
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No one has yet been able to take a picture of a super-massive black hole, but this photo show two of the smaller variety swirling together and shooting jets of particles into that space around them.
- The Pillars of Creation
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This is one of Hubble’s most famous photos. Taken in 1995 it shows three columns of gas, being illuminated by the stars in the Eagle Nebula.
- A churning View of Sagittarius
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This photo, released in August 2015, shows one of the many huge storms in the Lagoon Nebula.
- A Supernova Imposter
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This is a photo of the Eta Carinae System, two unstable stars that have regular outbursts. This is one of the clearest photos of said outbursts to date.
- The Bubble Galaxy
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This Galaxy, known scientifically as NGC 3521, gets its woolly affect from the way the stars shiny through the dusty clouds. It is about 40 Million light-years away from earth in the constellation Leo. It is called the bubble telescope because when seen from a normal telescope rather than a super powerful one like Hubble it looks like a giant bubble.
- Di Cha Shines through a Smoke Ring
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The bright spot in the centre of this image is two stars shining through a ring of dust which are part of a quadruple star system, hiding the other two behind themselves. It is in a part of the universe, known a star nursery called the Chamaeleon Complex.
- Fingerprinting the Stars
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This image is called a fingerprint because the light spreads out from each star enough that scientists can see which chemicals they are made of.
- Celestial Fireworks
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This photo shows lots of young stars inside a nebula.
- Pismis 24, A Fantastical Triple Star System
The three stars above the nebula are known as the open cluster Pismis 24-1 and the biggest of these three is one of the largest stars ever recorded at 100 Solar Masses.
- A Galaxy Full of Dark Matter
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This photo shows the galaxy UGC 447 which lies in the constellation of Pisces, 110 Million light-years away from Earth. Scientists believe that galaxies like this are largely made from dark matter. This makes them prime targets for future study because dark matter is so elusive.
- The Monkey Head Nebula Births Stars
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This photo was taken to celebrate Hubble’s 24th anniversary, of the Monkey Head nebula, an area known for its mass creation of stars. It lies about 6,400 light-years from Earth.
