Check out these star snaps.
As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the 35th anniversary of its launch into orbit, NASA has released brand new high-definition photos taken with the technological marvel.
The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s most resounding achievements.
Mars is shown in a rarely seen blue shade, coloring skies over its characteristic red dirt.
The photo, taken in late December 2024, shows thin water-ice clouds that are visible due to Hubble’s ultraviolet capability, NASA said in a release.
Distant planetary nebula NGC 2899 is also shown in a colorful moth-shaped orb, which is a result of an outflow of radiation and stellar winds from a dying, white dwarf star at the nebula’s heart, the agency said.
The dark and stormy Rosette Nebula is shown in another of the newly released pics.
The small portion of the exploding-star formed celestial body showed dark clouds of hydrogen gas spewing out amidst the expanse of space.
Hubble even grabbed snaps of galaxy NGC 5335, which is categorized as a flocculent spiral galaxy — characterized as having ‘flaky,’ discontinuous spiral arms.
The photo shows a notable bar across the center of the galaxy, according to NASA.
The Hubble Telescope was first launched on April 24, 1990, and has lived in low-Earth orbit since with the general objective of “understanding the Universe.”
Edwin Hubble was the creator of the great space tool, which has taken countless worldview-shattering photos with its equipped ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light-measuring instruments.
