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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Orbited Earth For 25 Years. Here Are 25 Of Its Most Stunning Images

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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Orbited Earth For 25 Years. Here Are 25 Of Its Most Stunning Images

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth, capturing images of the cosmos that have “fundamentally changed humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe.”

This year, to celebrate the telescope’s 25th anniversary, NASA and the European Space Agency have compiled 25 of the Hubble’s best and most important images -- one for each year that the telescope has orbited our planet.

Learn more about each image by clicking on the link beneath it.

  • 2014: Frontier Field Abell 2744 Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2013: Horsehead Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2012: Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2011: Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2010: Pillar and Jets in Carina Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2009: Saturn Quadruple Moon Transit Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2008: Interacting Galaxy Arp 148 Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2007: NGC 602 Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - ESA/Hubble Collaboration 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2006: Orion Nebula Credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2005: Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2004: Helix Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), M. Meixner and P. McCullough (STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2003: V838 Monocerotis Credit: NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2002: Tadpole Galaxy Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2001: Warped Edge-On Galaxy ESO 510-G13 Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Acknowledgment: C. Conselice (U. Wisconsin/STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 2000: The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) Credit: NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1999: Mars Credit: Steve Lee (University of Colorado), Jim Bell (Cornell University), Mike Wolff (Space Science Institute), and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1998: NGC 4314 Credit: G. Fritz Benedict, Andrew Howell, Inger Jorgensen, David Chapell (University of Texas), Jeffery Kenney (Yale University), and Beverly J. Smith (CASA, University of Colorado), and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1997: M84 Black Hole Signature Credit: Gary Bower, Richard Green (NOAO), the STIS Instrument Definition Team, and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1996: Hubble Deep Field Credit: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1995: Eagle Nebula, M16 Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University) 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1994: Spiral Galaxy M100 Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1993: Veil Nebula Credit: J.J. Hester (Arizona State University), and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1992: Orion Nebula Credit: C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1991: NGC 4621 Credit: Walter Jaffe/Leiden Observatory, Holland Ford/JHU/STScI, and NASA 

    (Read about the image here.)
  • 1990: Supernova 1987A (SN 1987a) Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI 


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