{"id":795577,"date":"2025-04-24T07:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=795577"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:36:26","slug":"its-the-hubble-space-telescopes-35-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=795577","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s 35 year anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hubble Telescope&#039;s Greatest Hits Over 35 Years\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Uav19pLG3I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><em>Watch this video sharing some of the Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s greatest hits over 35 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science matters. Wonder matters. You matter. Join our 2025 Donation Campaign today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Happy 35th anniversary, Hubble!<\/h3>\n<p>On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery soared skyward with a precious package onboard: the Hubble Space Telescope. It entered Earth orbit the next day, sending back a self-portrait with our blue-and-white home planet below. For 35 years, Hubble has been taking images of our universe. In fact, Hubble has made more than 1.6 million observations. And yet it still has only observed 1\/10 of 1% of the entire sky. The universe is vast indeed, and there is much to see. For Hubble\u2019s 35th anniversary, we\u2019re taking a look back at some of Hubble\u2019s greatest hits. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508541\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hubble Space Telescope entered Earth orbit on April 25, 1990, a day after its launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Observations of our solar system<\/h3>\n<p>In our solar system, Hubble has watched Jupiter\u2019s Great Red Spot evolve, captured auroras on the gas giant planets and discovered a link between Neptune\u2019s clouds and the sun. In addition, Hubble found water on Jupiter\u2019s moons and found new moons of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508547\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Impact-sites-of-Comet-Shoemaker-Levy-9-on-Jupiter-Hubble-Year-5-NASA.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up on Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot and dark spots spaced out below.\" width=\"800\" height=\"755\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Impact-sites-of-Comet-Shoemaker-Levy-9-on-Jupiter-Hubble-Year-5-NASA.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Impact-sites-of-Comet-Shoemaker-Levy-9-on-Jupiter-Hubble-Year-5-NASA-300x283.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubble watched as the shredded comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in 1994, and then it followed up with images of the aftermath. In addition, Hubble watched another asteroid impact Jupiter in 2009. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508552\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Mars-June-26-2001-polar-cap-clouds-and-dust-storms-Hubble-Year-12-NASA.jpeg\" alt=\"Orangish planet with dark spots and white clouds near the north and south poles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Mars-June-26-2001-polar-cap-clouds-and-dust-storms-Hubble-Year-12-NASA.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Mars-June-26-2001-polar-cap-clouds-and-dust-storms-Hubble-Year-12-NASA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Mars-June-26-2001-polar-cap-clouds-and-dust-storms-Hubble-Year-12-NASA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Mars-June-26-2001-polar-cap-clouds-and-dust-storms-Hubble-Year-12-NASA-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubble has also observed Mars during good weather, such as this view of a partly cloudy day on June 26, 2001, to days when planet-wide dust storms obscure the surface. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>An eye on our galaxy<\/h3>\n<p>Hubble has witnessed star birth and the resulting bizarre formations of surrounding gas and dust, such as the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. It\u2019s also examined the death shrouds of stars, such as the Crab Nebula and Hourglass Nebula. Hubble has also looked at protoplanets, exoplanets and even exocomets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508557\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Hubble-Pillars-of-Creation-NASA-e1745339774512.jpg\" alt=\"Dark dust surrounded by bluish gas in lumpy pillar shapes.\" width=\"650\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508557\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic Hubble images. New stars are in the process of forming here, and their light and winds are eroding the surrounding dust. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508558\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Globular-cluster-M15-12-billion-years-old-one-of-oldest-and-densest-known-bh-at-center-Hubble-Year-24-NASA.jpg\" alt=\"A cluster of stars dense at center and more disperse at edges.\" width=\"800\" height=\"872\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Globular-cluster-M15-12-billion-years-old-one-of-oldest-and-densest-known-bh-at-center-Hubble-Year-24-NASA.jpg 797w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Globular-cluster-M15-12-billion-years-old-one-of-oldest-and-densest-known-bh-at-center-Hubble-Year-24-NASA-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Globular-cluster-M15-12-billion-years-old-one-of-oldest-and-densest-known-bh-at-center-Hubble-Year-24-NASA-768x837.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Hubble image shows M15, one of the oldest and densest globular clusters in our galaxy. It\u2019s about 12 billion years old and has a black hole at it center. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Hubble peers into our universe<\/h3>\n<p>Hubble has peered far back in time to observe some of the youngest galaxies in our universe. Hubble\u2019s original Deep Field from 1995 stared at a relatively blank spot in the sky, seeing past the stars of our galaxy and into deep space. What it saw was around 3,000 galaxies, some of the youngest and most distant known. Since then, Hubble has also taken \u201cultra\u201d deep fields and \u201cextreme\u201d deep fields. We see some of the galaxies in these images as they were 13.2 billion years ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508560\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/Extreme-Deep-Field-combined-10-years-of-Hubble-data-Fornax-1-ten-billionth-of-what-eye-can-see-Hubble-Year-23-NASA-e1745340610619.jpeg\" alt=\"Black background with many small dots and oblong shapes of various colors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"698\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508560\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA released the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field on September 25, 2012. It represents 10 years of exposure time. All the light you see here came from galaxies in deep space. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508561\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2025\/04\/M100-spiral-galaxy-Coma-Berenices-dusty-arms-w-BHs-Hubble-Year-29-NASA-e1745340948302.jpeg\" alt=\"Spiral galaxy with light colored center, bluish arms and some dark dusty lanes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508561\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubble has also imaged galaxies closer to us in the universe, such as M100. This spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices is about 56 million light-years away. It has several small black holes in its spiral arms. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Want more? Read NASA\u2019s ebook, Reshaping Our Cosmic View.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: We\u2019re celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a look at some of its greatest hits through images and discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Via NASA<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cp-load-after-post\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<h4>Kelly Kizer Whitt<\/h4>\n<p>                    View Articles\n                  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-tags\">\n<h6 data-udy-fe=\"text_7c58270d\">About the Author:<\/h6>\n<p>Kelly Kizer Whitt &#8211; EarthSky\u2019s nature and travel vlogger on YouTube &#8211; writes and edits some of the most fascinating stories at EarthSky.org. She&#8217;s been writing about science, with a focus on astronomy, for decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine and made regular contributions to other outlets, including AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club. She has nine published books, including a children&#8217;s picture book, Solar System Forecast, and a young adult dystopian novel, A Different Sky.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/hubble-space-telescope-35-year-anniversary\/?rand=772280\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch this video sharing some of the Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s greatest hits over 35 years. Science matters. Wonder matters. You matter. Join our 2025 Donation Campaign today. 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