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A field filled with stars and covered by clouds of gas and dust. In the centre, a thick column of dark black dust blocks light from stars that light it up from behind. More clouds behind those stars are illuminated in pale colours. Complex, layered filaments of red dust lie to the left and right. Blue, white and gold stars in various sizes can be seen around, within and through the colourful layers of dust.
Hubble sees baby stars in Large Magellanic Cloud | Space photo of the day for Jan. 21, 2026

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

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A glowing spiral galaxy with pink and purple and yellow gas swirls around small dots of young stars in space
Hubble sees 'Lost Galaxy' in the Virgo constellation | Space photo of the day for Dec. 11, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

This stunning image is full of young star clusters.

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A spiral galaxy with large, open arms. A bar of yellow light, where old stars are gathered, crosses the middle of the disk. The very centre is a white point surrounded by a small, shining ring of star clusters. Thin lanes of dust swirl around this ring, reaching out to follow the spiral arms; also visible across the arms are red, glowing spots where stars are forming. To the right a star shines large and bright.
Hubble spies a glowing 'starburst ring' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 20, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the glittering spiral galaxy NGC 6951, where a central bar fuels a spectacular ring of newborn stars.

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Purple and white clouds of dust and gas swirl around bright twinkling stars in deep space
Cosmic clouds caught by Hubble Telescope | Space photo of the day for Oct. 7, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

A recent view from Hubble shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, where newborn stars sculpt dense gas and dust.

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Hubble trouble: Can you handle the cosmic challenge?

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

This quiz is your chance to dive into the wonders of Hubble's legacy

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A ring of glowing gas and stars creates a brilliant galaxy seen in the darkness of space.
Hubble Telescope finds galaxy with puzzling shape | Space photo of the day for Sept. 29, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

The Hubble Space Telescope saw a galaxy that has features of both elliptical and spiral galaxies, puzzling experts.

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A close-in view of the centre of galaxy M82. Bright, bluish light radiating from the centre is due to stars actively forming there. A thick lane of gas, black in the centre and red around the edges, crosses the centre and blocks much of the light. Thinner strands and clumps of reddish dust cover much of the rest of the view.
Hubble lights a cosmic 'cigar' in the Great Bear | Space photo of the day for Sept. 25, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of Messier 82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy.

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A bright white dwarf star surrounded by golden disks sits in the darkness of space, with a rocky planet circling it on these disks
Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice

By Stefanie Waldek Published

Scientists didn't expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star.

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A glowing blue ball of light is surrounding by swirling red clouds of gas in the darkness of space
Hubble telescope uncovers rare star born from cosmic collision: 'A very different history from what we would have guessed'

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published

"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance."

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A nebula. The top-left is dense with layers of fluffy pink and greenish clouds. Long strands of green clouds stretch out from here; a faint layer of translucent blue dust combines with them to create a three-dimensional scene. A sparse network of dark dust clouds in the foreground adds reddish-black patches atop the nebula. Blue-white and orange stars, from our galaxy and beyond, are spread amongst the clouds.
Hubble spots star-forming area of Tarantula nebula | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published

The Tarantula nebula was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, where the Scylla program helped create the colored image of this star-forming area.

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