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Hubble

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Hubble

@NASAHubble

The official X account for the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, managed and operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

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NASA Science
@NASAScience_
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For generations, NASA missions have transformed the unknown into the understood, with each discovery building upon the last. As America marks 250 years of progress, we're reflecting on another journey that spans generations: our quest to understand the universe we call home.
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NASA
@NASA
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Have you looked up what our @NASAHubble telescope saw on your birthday? Our popular page has a new look — and now, you can use it to find five stellar sights that Hubble was observing on whatever day you choose. Check it out: go.nasa.gov/4xZJ5Sk
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
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What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?: Expanded Edition! 🥳 In celebration of America's 250th birthday week, now you can find *five* Hubble views taken on your special day. Discover yours and let us know your favorite in the replies: go.nasa.gov/4xYIQa5
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard
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The “Mother of Hubble” and the “Father of Modern Rocketry” are ready for launch! Nancy Grace Roman and Robert Goddard wouldn’t miss the chance to send their name aboard @NASARoman. Have you signed up for your boarding pass yet? Send your name: my.nasa.gov/specialevents/…
$A black and white cutout of Nancy Grace Roman as a young woman, smiling with her hands behind her back. She has short, curly hair, and is wearing a white blouse and long, dark skirt. A purple Roman boarding pass is attached to her torso. She is superimposed on a Hubble image of star-forming region GAL-305.20+00.2. A field of glittering multicolored stars. Bluish clouds of gas edged in glowing red cluster at the top of the image and in a clump to the right. A single shining star throws diffraction spikes across the upper left of the image.$
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 30
Brighten up! ☀️ NGC 6814, pictured here by Hubble, is classified as a "Seyfert" galaxy. That means its bright center is extremely active, and can emit strong bursts of radiation: go.nasa.gov/3RdXjyq
$A spiral galaxy fills the image. Its yellow core is surrounded by large spiraling arms full of bright blue stars and dark brown lanes of dust. Several foreground stars shine throughout with diffraction spikes.$
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NASA Universe
@NASAUniverse
Jun 30
Though it has mainly looked for distant cosmic explosions, our Swift observatory has also studied solar system objects! In 2010, Swift teamed up with @NASAHubble to catch the remnants of an asteroid smash-up just weeks after the collision. go.nasa.gov/4wi8KE6
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 26
The Chandelier Cluster ✨🌟 Every "lightbulb" in this cosmic chandelier is actually an individual star, located about 27,000 light-years away. This is a globular star cluster, which means it's a tightly packed group of stars held together by gravity: go.nasa.gov/4f4OkIX
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 25
It's a little dusty over at MCG+08-11-002. This odd-looking galaxy sports a spectacular band of dark dust across its center, which is likely the aftermath of an earlier collision of two separate galaxies. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4ev2jHT
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 24
Rubin + Hubble = 🤩🌌 Hubble recently celebrated 36 years in space with a detailed look into the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years away, seen in this “inset” image: go.nasa.gov/4eCozOP
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 24
Here on Earth, @VRubinObs just marked one year in operation! Rubin’s wider view shows the cosmic context of the nebula, stretching 56 light-years across, while this Hubble “close-up” view spans four light-years: showing how teamwork makes astronomy better (and beautiful)!
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NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jun 23
Webb’s new view of M82, added to archival data from @NASAHubble, is giving us a more complete picture of this starburst galaxy. science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…
$Composite image of edge-on spiral starburst galaxy Messier 82 as observed by NASA's James Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Hourglass-shaped plumes of gas are shooting outward from above and below a bright blue-white, disk-shaped center. The plumes are yellow near the galaxy’s bright center, denoting areas of ionized hydrogen gas as observed by Hubble, and gradually become redder as you move farther away. Messier 82 is set against the black background of space, which has many distant galaxies that appear as small white and orange spirals, ovals, and points of light. Toward the right of Messier 82 is a blue-white star with eight-pointed diffraction spikes that are characteristic of Webb.$
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 23
With Hubble, astronomers have learned to expect the unexpected in our universe. A new discovery shows why: Hubble detected ultraviolet light escaping from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4vqmrRl
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jun 18
It's a galactic group hang! Called CL0016+1609, this image shows two clusters of galaxies merging together, drawn in by gravity. Hubble's data sheds light on the distribution of dark matter – the invisible "scaffolding" of our universe: go.nasa.gov/4euZ2Hn
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NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jun 16
Webb teamed up with @NASAHubble to examine a relic from our galaxy’s formation. This object might look like a globular cluster of stars, but is actually something much odder and rarer - a “bulge fossil fragment.” science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…
$A dramatically crowded starfield that looks like a just-shaken snow globe. The black background of space, which is clearer at the edges, is covered by thousands of tiny white, orange, and blue points of light, which are stars. The stars are most concentrated in the center, forming a roughly circular orb, and sparser at the edges of the image. Several larger orange stars, particularly those largest near the edges of the frame, have prominent diffraction spikes.$
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