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Globular Cluster
NGC 7764A
AG Carinae - the celebrity star
A star is born
Antennae Galaxies reloaded
The Antennae Galaxies shown in this image are locked in a constant battle - clashing with each other for several hundred million years.
The Horsehead Nebula
This image shows part of the constellation of Orion with incredible waves of dust and gas creating what looks like a giant space seahorse.
Mystic Mountain
A spiralling pillar of gas and dust that makes up a stellar nursery 7,500 light-years away from Earth.
The Pillars of Creation
This is the Eagle Nebula, a star-forming gas and dust region located 6,500 light years from Earth.
Cosmic dust bunnies
A view of dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy. Said to be the result of two separate galaxies merging together.
Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula
24 individual images were used to create the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula ever seen.
A galactic crash
Another image said to show the result of a clash between two galaxies.
Centaurus A
Globular cluster 47 Tucanae
This image shows an area of space with tens of thousands of visible stars.
The tangled remnants of a supernova
The image shows the remnants of a supernova - a tangled mess in space caused by the end of a massive star in the region.
Galactic goulash
140 million light years from Earth, two galaxies have collided and this is the result.
Giant Red Spider Nebula
This image shows what is thought to be one of the hottest stars known to man.
Auroras on Jupiter
Star birth in the extreme
This incredible view of the Carina Nebula shows an amazing inferno and area of activity where new stars are being born.
The Orion Nebula
Here’s an image of the Orion Nebula where thousands of stars are forming.
Hubble mosaic of the majestic Sombrero Galaxy
This is thought to be one of the universe’s most beautiful and photogenic galaxies. It’s also named due to its likeness to the famous Mexican hat.
Crab on LCD
This Nebula is sited 6,500 light-years from Earth and is the result of a supernova explosion observed by astronomers in 1054.
The bubble nebula
The Bubble Nebula is located 8,000 light-years away from Earth and was originally spotted by Frederick William Herschel in 1787.
The Ring Nebula
This view of Messier 57 is formed by gases being expelled from a giant red star that’s in the process of evolving into a white dwarf.
The whirling disc of NGC 4526
This disc spins at a staggering 250,000 metres per second. As remarkable as it is beautiful.
The Carina Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula
This nebula is a staggering 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall.
The Veil Nebula
This views is said to show the aftermath of a supernova that exploded in the region somewhere between 3,000 to 6,000 BC.
Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth
This one is a colourful view of one of the most turbulent regions of star-forming space.
Westerlund 2
This one shows a superstar cluster in Milkyway that’s thought to be around 2 million years old.
A rose made of galaxies
Another amazing image showing what happens when two galaxies interact with each other.
A portrait of Saturn
This Hubble image comes from June 2019 when Saturn was observed in its closest approach to our home planet.
A butterfly emerges
This is the result of a star at the centre of the mass that’s said to have once been five times the size of our sun but died and expelled its gases as a result.
The Bubble Nebula
The Bubble Nebula was originally discovered way back in 1787 by Britisih astronomer William Herschel.
The Twin Jet Nebula
This beautiful view shows the Twin Jet Nebula, a magnificent nebular formed by two stars.
The Cone Nebula
This is not a vision of hades, but instead, it’s the Cone Nebula. Another turbulent area of space with stars forming in that region.
The glowing remains of a dying star
Nothing much to see here, just the glowing remains of a dying star. Not something you see every day.
Tantrums of a Baby Star
A star is born an the surrounding area of space is subjected to incredible and beautiful shock waves as a result.
