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The Hubble Space Telescope just
captured this new image of Mars

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in May 2016 as Earth and Mars
approached opposition, when both

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planets are on the same side of
the Sun. The weeks surrounding

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Mars opposition are a great
opportunity to look at Mars in

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the night sky. The Hubble Space
Telescope may not be the first

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thing you think of when you look
at Mars. Hubble is more

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well-known for its picturesque
views of nebulae and galaxies

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outside our solar system, but
it’s also quite useful for

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studying our own planets. The
Hubble Space Telescope has

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observed plumes of water vapor
from Jupiter’s moon Europa,

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discovered four of the five
moons orbiting Pluto, and has

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discovered numerous icy Kuiper
Belt Objects in the far reaches

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of our solar system.
Additionally, the telescope has

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a program to observe the
atmospheres of our four gas

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giants - Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune. Plus,

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Hubble not only studies our own
planets, it also collects data

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from planets orbiting other
stars. Exoplanets! So the next

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time you go out and look at the
night sky, just remember,

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Hubble’s got you covered for the
solar system and beyond.