HUBBLE SPOTS GIANT SPACE ‘PUMPKIN’
After 30 years in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has made some truly scary observations.
From the giant Tarantula Nebula...
…to a magnetic monster galaxy!
But none of those spooky sites compare to Hubble’s most recent image...
...a giant, floating space pumpkin!
What looks like two glowing eyes and a crooked, carved smile is really two galaxies colliding.
The entire view is nearly 109,000 light-years across, approximately the diameter of the Milky Way.
Cataloged as NGC 2292 and NGC 2293, this spooky duo hides out in the constellation Canis Major.
The overall pumpkin-ish color corresponds to the glow of aging, red stars within the two galaxies…
...whereas the smile is bluish due to newborn star clusters spread out along a newly forming dusty arm.
While scary, this isn’t the first time Hubble has seen the universe looking back at us.
In 2019, Hubble witnessed another spooky galactic-sized ‘face’ floating in the stars…
...and let’s not forget the dreaded Ghost Nebula…
...or a giant flapping bat shadow in space!
The brave Hubble Space Telescope continues its mission to uncover the mysteries of the universe…
...no matter how scary they might be!
[ VERY SPOOKY ZOOM IN NOISE ]
[ VERY SPOOKY LAUGH ]
[ VERY SPOOKY MUSIC ]