Hubble's 31^st Anniversary: Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 32nd year in orbit by premiering a stunning new Hubble image of a collection of five galaxies, known as Hickson Compact Group 40. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to uncover the mysteries of the universe. These are a few science achievements from Hubble’s latest year in orbit.For more information, visit nasa.gov/hubble.Music Sound“Fiber Optics” by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS] and David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS] via Atmosphere Music Ltd., and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 32nd birthday with a stunning look at five galaxies, a close-knit collection called the Hickson Compact Group 40. This amazing assembly includes a giant elliptical galaxy, glowing with blended light from billions of stars. Several spiral galaxies show prominent dusty lanes that outline their winding spiral arms, regions where star formation is active. We see one galaxy oriented edge-on, showing off its prominent dust along its flattened starry disk.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music Sound“Fractions Through Time” byOlivia Broadfield [PRS] via Abbey Road Masters [PRS], and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

The Hubble Space Telescope has made over 1.5 million observations since its launch in 1990, capturing stunning subjects such as the Eagle Nebula and producing data that has been featured in almost 18,000 scientific articles. But no image has revolutionized the way we understand the universe as much as the Hubble Deep Field.Taken over the course of 10 days in 1995, the Hubble Deep Field captured roughly 3,000 distant galaxies varying in their stages of evolution, stunning the world. This video features some of the scientists and engineers that work on Hubble, and how the Hubble Deep Field changed everything.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Visualizations:Compact galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser Sonification: @SYSTEMSounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)Music Credits: by Andreas Andreas Bolldén [STIM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.“Planetary Exploration” by Richard Andrew Canavan [PRS] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star that may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is hypothesized to have begun as a gaseous world with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. Starting out at several times the diameter of Earth, this so-called “sub-Neptune” is believed to have quickly lost its primordial hydrogen and helium atmosphere due to the intense radiation of the hot, young star it orbits. In a short period of time, such a planet would be stripped down to a bare core about the size of Earth. That’s when things got interesting.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Credit: NASA by Richard Andrew Canavan [PRS] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are orbiting the Sun alongside Jupiter. This is the first time a comet-like object has been spotted near the Trojan population.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Visualizations:Jupiter orbit with Trojan Asteroids: Kel ElkinsJupiter orbit with Trojan Asteroids: Ernie WrightKupier Belt Visualization: Scott WiessingerJupiter’s Wake Visualization: Dan GallagherMusic Credits: by Axel Tenner [GEMA], Michael Schluecker [GEMA], and Raphael Schalz [GEMA] via Ed.Berlin Production Music / Universal Production Music GmbH [GEMA] and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Social Media VersionThis version of the video designed for Facebook, Twitter, or any other platform where you want to display a full-length version of the video. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

Astronomers on the hunt for an intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397, found something they weren’t expecting: a concentration of smaller black holes lurking there instead of one massive black hole.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music Credits: by Chris Constantinou [PRS] and Paul Frazer [PRS] via Killer Tracks [BMI] and Universal Production Music.Visual Credits:Artist’s Impression of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397Video credit: ESA/Hubble, N. BartmannCallout of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397Video credit: ESA/Hubble, N. BartmannArtist Rendition of Gaia SpacecraftImage credit: ESA, C. Carreau || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Social Media VersionThis version of the video designed for Facebook, Twitter, or any other platform where you want to display a full-length version of the video. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Hubble’s Senior Project Scientist Dr. Jennifer Wiseman takes us on a tour of this stunning new image, describes the telescope s contributions to astronomy during its 30-year career.For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope and its images, visit nasa.gov/hubble.Music Credits:“Perpetual Twilight” by Christophe La Pinta [SACEM], Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Box VersionThis is a square 1:1 version of the video designed for Facebook or any other platform where you want to display a full-length square version of the video. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.