<p><a href="http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2015-12-a-web_print.jpg" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Launched in 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 1.2 million observations of more than 38,000 celestial objects.</p> <p>In its 25-year lifetime the telescope has made nearly
<p></p> <p>Discovered on 5 September 1784 by astronomer William Herschel, the Veil Nebula was once a star. Now it is a twisted mass of shock waves that appears six times larger
<p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/14/image/a/format/large_web/" target="_blank" alt="Galaxy ESO 137-001"></a></p> <p>Our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy lives in a comparatively quiet backwater region of the universe. This is not the case for galaxies crammed together
<p>Later this year, Comet ISON is expected to become a naked-eye object when it skims through the atmosphere of the sun. The Hubble Space Telescope has just obtained a
<p>Several million young stars are vying for attention in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in
<p>ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to thousands of icy comets
<p>In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘Pillars of Creation’ image of the Eagle Nebula became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Now, two of ESA’s orbiting
<p>In general, galaxies can be thought of as sociable, hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to