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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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A cloud of dust blocks the bright light coming from the center of this black hole in the middle of a Seyfert galaxy.

Hubble Telescope Solves a Galactic Identity Crisis for Quasars

By Passant Rabie

A new study has shed more light on the mysterious quasars and settles a 20-year-old astronomical debate.

What looks like a delicate dance between two galaxies is actually a slow-motion collision of colossal proportions in this Hubble Space Telescope photo. The two galaxies, called UGC 2369, are merging into one about 424 million light-years from Earth.

Hubble Telescope Spots Two Galaxies in a Doomed (but Dazzling) Dance

By Elizabeth Howell

Two galaxies are caught in a crazy cosmic dance, pulling at each other in a fresh image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

In this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, what looks like a top-down view of a jellyfish glowing in deep space is actually the planetary nebula NGC 2022. The cosmic orb of ionized gas was expelled from a dying red giant star located at its center. As the star sheds material into space, its core shrinks and grows hotter while emitting ultraviolet radiation that illuminates its gassy shell.

Hubble Spots Purple 'Jellyfish' Star Glowing in Abyss of Deep Space

By Elizabeth Howell

The latest Hubble image appears to capture a cosmic jellyfish floating in space, but in reality this structure is no living creature.

This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years. Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed Jupiter when the planet was 400 million miles (640 million kilometers) from Earth, when Jupiter was near "opposition," or almost directly opposite the sun in the sky.

Hubble Telescope's Gorgeous New Jupiter Views Could Help Demystify Shrinking Great Red Spot

By Elizabeth Howell

An amazing new image of Jupiter captured by the Hubble Space Telescope could shed light on the gas giant's mysterious atmospheric dynamics.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows dust and gas swirling around the spiral galaxy NGC 3169.

Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy with 'Barrier' of Dust (Photo)

By Elizabeth Howell

A new galactic image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows some interesting stuff lurking in cosmic dust, all from an unusual point of view.

An illustration of Planet WASP-121b orbiting its host star, which is even hotter than our sun.

It's Good! Hubble Telescope Scores Big with Football-Shaped Alien Planet

By Passant Rabie

Heavy metals were seen escaping from the top of this odd, football-shaped exoplanet.

Hubble Telescope's image of Eta Carinae shows its hot gases in red, white and blue colors.

Hubble Captures Stunning Fireworks of Exploding Star

By Passant Rabie

Eta Carinae shows off its ultraviolet glow of gas and dust.

NGC 7773, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, is a barred spiral galaxy — like the Milky Way. Older spiral galaxies are more likely to have the bar across their center that's pictured here, suggesting bars indicate a galaxy's maturity.

This Gorgeous Spiral Galaxy Photo May Hold Clues About Our Milky Way's Inner Workings

By Elizabeth Howell

A beautiful new Hubble Space Telescope image of a barred spiral galaxy shows a scene similar to what outside observers might see when they look at our own Milky Way.