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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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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

By Monisha Ravisetti published

At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.

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a black background speckled with bright points of light and small arcs, each being a distant galaxy

From near to far, from here to there, Hubble sees galaxies everywhere | Space photo of the day for May 22, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

This Hubble Space Telescope image features a remote galaxy, which appears as a red arc that partially encircles a foreground elliptical galaxy.

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A part of a nebula in space made of layers of gas and dust clouds in different colors, from blue and green shades to pink, red and black.

Hubble captures 'candyfloss' clouds | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A sparkling cloudscape is revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which used its instruments to capture multiple wavelengths when pointed at a dwarf galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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a spiral of gas and dust circle and are lit by a sold bright center

Face to face with a galaxy | Space photo of the day for May 9, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light.

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