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A close-in view of the center of galaxy M82. Bright, bluish light radiating from the center is due to stars actively forming there. A thick lane of gas, black in the center and red around the edges, crosses the center and blocks much of the light. Thinner strands and clumps of reddish dust cover much of the rest of the view.

September 19, 2025

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose…

$Stars in a star cluster shine brightly blue, with four-pointed diffraction spikes radiating from them. The center shows a small, crowded group of stars while a larger group is partially visible on the right side of the image. The nebula is mostly thick, smoky clouds of gas, lit up in blue tones by the stars. Clumps of dust hover before and around the stars; they are mostly dark but lit around their edges where the starlight erodes them.$

September 12, 2025

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene…

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A spiral galaxy. It shines brightly at its center, and most of its disk also glows in warm colors. Its two spiral arms, which wind outward from the center, are made up mostly of large patches of bright blue specks. They also contain thin, reddish clouds of dust, and bright pink bubbles of glowing gas, where stars are forming. Distant galaxies are visible around the galaxy as small orange spots, on a dark background.

September 5, 2025

While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the…

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A spiral galaxy, tilted nearly face-on to us, with a slightly unusual shape. Its spiral arms form an oval-shaped ring around the galaxy’s disk, filled with blue light from stars, as well as pink glowing gas bubbles where new stars are forming. Threads of dark red dust swirl around the brightly glowing core, blocking some of its light. The dust lanes extend into and follow the spiral arms.

August 29, 2025

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a…

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A face-on spiral galaxy. Its center glows bright yellow. The galaxy’s spiral arms contain sparkling blue stars, pink spots of star formation, and dark threads of dust that follow the arms.

August 22, 2025

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers a new view of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2835, which…

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NASA's Hubble Uncovers Rare White Dwarf Merger Remnant

August 17, 2025

This is an illustration of a white dwarf star merging into a red giant star. A bow shock…

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This Hubble image features a close-up view of the outer arms of the spiral galaxy NGC 45. Tiny blue dots (stars) and glowing pink clouds (star-forming nebulae) fill its spiral arms. The galaxy is visible against a dark background.

August 16, 2025

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45,…

Astrophysics Division

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