8 Splendid Images Captured by the Hubble Telescope

This majestic image captured by the Hubble features a tower of dust and cold gas emerging from the Eagle Nebula. Young stars reside in this cloud pillar, which is 9.5 light-years high.

These two neighbouring nebulas are captured together by Hubble. The image shows a star-forming region of the Large Magellanic Cloud about 163,000 light-years away.

This stunning image of NGC 1275 was captured by Hubble in 2006. It shows the reddish lacy structure of filaments suspended in a magnetic field around the central bright galaxy.

This vibrant image of the Lagoon Nebula was captured on the 28th anniversary of Hubble in space. The image shows a part of the tumultuous star-forming region four light years away.

Located 8,000 light years away, the Bubble Nebula is also called NGC 7635. This image of the emission nebula was captured on Hubble’s 26th anniversary in space.

This bright image of V838 Monocerotis shows dusty cloud formations which change luminance dramatically. This unique light echo dust pattern has been seen since 2002 when the star suddenly became brighter.

One of the best images of Antennae Galaxies ever captured by Hubble can be seen in this stunning image. Once normal spiral galaxies, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 are interlocked after a violent clash.

This sharpest image of the Orion Nebula captured by Hubble shows the gas and dust cloud, where new stars are forming. The nebula is the nearest star-forming region to Earth, about 1,500 light-years away.