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Hubble's bubble! ๐ซง
This blue 'bubble' surrounding a massive, late-stage star is called a Wolf-Rayet nebula. It was created when speedy stellar winds interacted with the outer layers of hydrogen ejected from the star!
For more on this #HubbleClassic : go.nasa.gov/44abHKc
So close, yet so far...
The galaxy and bright star in this #HubbleFriday image might look close together, but they're over 129 million light-years apart! This is a trick of perspective from Hubble's vantage point in low-Earth orbit: go.nasa.gov/4aHgs0a
Good news from our future telescope teammate Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope โ its mirrors passed vision testing!
Roman has a primary mirror the same size as Hubbleโs primary mirror, but with a larger field-of-view to gather sweeping survey observations of our universe once it launches in 2027. โฌ๏ธ
Meet NGC 2146.
At 70 million light-years away, the galaxy in this #HubbleClassic view has an odd feature seen at front-and-center.
One of its spiral arms looks looped in front of the galaxy's core, likely caused by a nearby galaxy's gravitational pull: go.nasa.gov/4d16jgn
Hubble helped show what humans are capable of in space. ๐งโ๐
Astronauts went on five servicing missions to the telescope, completing complicated spacewalks to repair and upgrade Hubble.
Learn more for #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight : go.nasa.gov/3vRxuK4
A hundred million light-years away, billions of stars shine in the galaxy IC 4633.
This #HubbleFriday image shows a hub of activity and starbirth โ but you might notice in the lower right regions, it's a little obscured by a nebula within our own galaxy: go.nasa.gov/49yFmha
Originally released in celebration of Hubble's 100,000th orbit in 2008, this #HubbleClassic image shows a spectacular scene of starbirth.
About 170,000 light-years away, this nebula is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way: go.nasa.gov/4cMB0pM