THE GALAXY NGC 2525. IMAGE: ESA/HUBBLE & NASA, A. RIESS AND THE SHOES TEAM
‘The mission helped us answer fundamental questions about the very nature of our universe’
THE PILLARS OF CREATION | IMAGE: NASA, ESA/HUBBLE AND THE HUBBLE HERITAGE TEAM
‘This picture reminds me almost every single day that nature is perhaps the greatest source of inspiration for artists’
ASTRONAUTS STEVEN L. SMITH AND JOHN M. GRUNSFELD ON A MAINTENANCE MISSION SM3A | PHOTO: NASA/ESA
‘Some of those instruments are in their third generation now’
ICE GIANT URANUS WITH ITS RING SYSTEM. IMAGE: ESA/HUBBLE & NASA, L. LAMY/ OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
‘We can actually pick up weather patterns happening in real time!’
MYSTERIOUS DUST WAVES AROUND THE STAR AU MICROSCOPII, THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE STAR HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT VISIBLE. IMAGE: ESO, NASA & ESA
‘These images were taken with an instrument that has been on Hubble for over 20 years’
GAS EJECTED FROM A YOUNG STAR. IMAGE: ESA/HUBBLE & NASA, B. NISINI
‘I can look back at older images and see how it has moved and changed’
THE GREEN NEBULAE ARE SO-CALLED VOORWERPS, ECHOES OF QUASAR ACTIVITY AT THE CENTER OF GALAXIES. IMAGE: NASA, ESA, GALAXY ZOO TEAM AND W. KEEL (UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, USA)