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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 and has taken some of the most stunning photographs of the universe around us.

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This Hubble Space Telescope snapshot shows three magnified images of a distant galaxy embedded in a cluster of galaxies. These images are produced by a trick of nature called gravitational lensing. The galaxy cluster's immense gravity magnifies and distorts the light from the distant galaxy behind it, creating the multiple images. Two of the magnified images, shown in the pull-out at bottom right, are exact copies of each other. The two bright ovals are the cores of the galaxy. This rare phenomenon occurs because the background galaxy straddles a ripple in the fabric of space. This “ripple” is an area of greatest magnification, caused by the gravity of dense amounts of dark matter.

Mystery solved! Bizarre Hubble double galaxy caused by 'ripple' in space

By Rahul Rao

Astronomers have solved a mystery that the Hubble Space Telescope first discovered nearly a decade ago. A pair of streaky objects actually appear that way thanks to a "ripple" in the fabric of space.

The supernova remnant N 63 A in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Pac-Man.

Stunning supernova remnant looks like Pac-Man gulping down stars

By Harry Baker

NASA has released a picture of a Pac-Man-shaped supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy that was recently captured by the Hubble telescope.

Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 satellite captured this photo of the Hawaiian volcano Kīlauea erupting on Oct. 1, 2021.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

Star Trek actor William Shatner (second from right) and his NS-18 crew pose for a photo on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket during their launch on Oct. 13, 2021.

The top space stories of the week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 5728 130 million light-years from Earth, a spiral galaxy that resembles a celestial eye.

Hubble telescope spots celestial 'eye,' a galaxy with an incredibly active core

By Doris Elin Urrutia

A cosmic hurricane shows its 'eye' in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

This 23-second looped animation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, created with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, represents approximately 10 Earth hours (or one Jovian day) of activity.

Jupiter's winds of change show increased storm speeds in Great Red Spot

By Elizabeth Howell

A decade of Jovian storm-chasing paid off for the Hubble Space Telescope.

A Hubble Space Telescope image shows one of the most complete Einstein ring scientists have studied to date.

Scientists pinpoint age of 'molten ring' in stunning Hubble telescope image

By Elizabeth Howell

New science from a stunning 2020 Hubble image illuminates the back story behind a shining loop of light.

Three bright dots capturing the same event were observed in Hubble Space Telescope images in 2016 but disappeared by 2019.

Distant 'Requiem' supernova will be visible again in 2037, astronomers predict

By Tereza Pultarova

A distant supernova previously imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope will be visible again from Earth and surrounding space in 2037, astronomers predict.

NGC 6717 is located about 20,000 light-years from Earth, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, which is run by ESA and NASA.

Vibrant globular cluster sparkles in new Hubble telescope photo

By Doris Elin Urrutia

The famous telescope peered into the constellation Sagittarius to view this gorgeous assortment of candy-colored stars.

This Hubble Space Telescope view shows the star cluster NGC 346 at the center of a brilliant star-forming region inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our Milky Way about 210,000 light-years away.

Hubble telescope spies brilliant star cluster in Milky Way's neighbor galaxy

By Rahul Rao

Hubble peers deep to see newborn stars in action.

This image by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, features the Herbig-Haro object HH111, which lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth. Herbig-Haro objects consist of young stars blasting superheated jets through surrounding clouds of dust and gas.

Amazing Hubble telescope photo shows space 'sword' piercing huge celestial 'heart'

By Mike Wall

A flaming blue sword seems to pierce a giant cosmic heart in a gorgeous new photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Einstein ring shows light from a distant quasar being bent around two galaxies 3.4 billion light-years away.

Hubble captures gorgeous image of 'Einstein ring' from warped quasar light

By Ben Turner

Astronomers use the rings to study remote galaxies and to measure the masses of the objects that create them.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of a "stellar nursery" — a cloud of dust where stars are born.

Hubble telescope spies a stellar nursery through clouds in stunning image

By Kasandra Brabaw

New stars are born! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of bright, baby stars peeking out of a "stellar nursery" — a cloud of dust where stars are born.

Images of Comet ATLAS taken on April 20 and April 23, 2020, show the comet breaking up into as many as 30 pieces.

The Comet ATLAS was a cosmic flop last year and scientists may finally know why

By Elizabeth Howell

When scientists first spotted Comet ATLAS last year, they hoped it would be the brightest comet of the decade. Then, the icy hunk unexpectedly fell to pieces.

These two images of strange galaxies are some of the first views from the revived Hubble Space Telescope taken on July 17, 2021 after science operations resumed following a month of work to resurrect the observatory from a computer glitch. At right: the three-armed spiral galaxy ARP-MADORE0002-503. Left: An interacting galaxy pair called ARP-MADORE2115-273.

See the first photos from the Hubble Space Telescope after a major computer malfunction

By Tariq Malik

After more than a month offline in orbit, the famed Hubble Space Telescope is back in action and snapping photos of the cosmos.

The Hubble Space Telescope is back online!

Hubble telescope revived after a grueling month of darkness. Here's what went wrong.

By Brandon Specktor

After more than a month in safe mode, the Hubble Space Telescope is back online. A wonky power regulator circuit may be to blame.

The Hubble Space Telescope switched to backup hardware on July 16, 2021 after a glitch on June 13 took the scope offline.

NASA revives ailing Hubble Space Telescope with switch to backup computer

By Chelsea Gohd

Hubble is back!

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Hubble trouble is latest glitch in space telescope's long and storied history

By Meghan Bartels

For the past month, our most beloved eye on the universe has been closed, blinded by a computer glitch that NASA experts are still working to solve.

Astronauts deployed the Hubble Space Telescope from the space shuttle Discovery in 1990.

NASA may finally know what caused the Hubble Space Telescope's major computer glitch

By Mike Wall

Engineers have identified the possible cause of the Hubble Space Telescope's computer problems, and they plan to start implementing a fix on Thursday (July 15).

The red giant star Camelopardalis.

New measurement may resolve cosmological crisis

By Adam Mann

Astronomer Wendy Freedman suggests that the latest observations of red giant stars could be closing the gap on the Hubble tension.