10 breathtaking astronomical images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

Take a look at some of the most stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during its more than 30 years in orbit.

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By Sumanti Sen
Published on Mar 30, 2025 01:53 pm IST 10 Photos
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This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643, located about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf (NASA)
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This image features a portion of M55. The cluster looks spherical as a whole because the stars’ gravitational attraction pulls them together. (NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic University), and M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, JWST))
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This image features MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, the glowing relic of a dying, Sun-like star (NASA, ESA, Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team)

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This picture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features “spirals of dust swirling across trillions of kilometres of interstellar space,” according to NASA. Obtained on February 8, 2004, the image features a “view of an expanding halo of light around a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon)” (NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA)
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This image shows the star V380 Orionis shining on the cloud of material left over from its formation, “here seen as the NGC 1999 reflection nebula,” according to NASA (NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI))

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