May 09, 2025
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped NGC 2899, a moth-shaped planetary nebula with bipolar gas outflows driven by a 22,000°C white dwarf. Possibly shaped by two companion stars, it features a fragmented ring and glowing hydrogen and oxygen pillars pointing inward. It’s placed 4,500 light-years away in Vela. It’s a perfect phone wallpaper.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
The stunning Pillars of Creation from two cameras on the NASA James Webb Space Telescope, the Universe is disclosed in infrared detail. The fusion of near- and mid-infrared views illuminates this star-forming region with striking new features.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI), A. M. Koekemoer (STScI)
The James Webb Space Telescope showcases the Herbig-Haro 49/50—an outflow from a forming star—in high-resolution near- and mid-infrared light. The reddish-orange jets reveal details of star formation and environmental impact, set strikingly against a distant spiral galaxy, thanks to a chance alignment within our Milky Way’s view.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
This picture features globular cluster NGC 1651, placed about 162,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Despite its modest 120-light-year diameter, the cluster nearly fills the frame—unlike many Hubble images of vast galaxies, spanning millions of light-years, that also occupy similar image space.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Girardi, F. Niederhofer
This Picture of the Week showcases a new perspective of AG Carinae, the subject of Hubble's 31st anniversary image in 2020. These new views are based on Hubble observations from 2020, 2014, and 1994.
Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, C. Britt
This stunning Westerlund 1 image is perfect for phone wallpaper. It is placed about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Ara, and lies behind a huge cloud of gas and dust. Discovered in 1961, it serves as a unique lab for studying the life cycles of massive stars.
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello (INAF-OAPA) and the EWOCS team
This breathtaking Hubble image of Sagittarius showcases a vibrant Milky Way, with blue stars born from the same cloud against a backdrop of red cosmic companions. It's a beautiful phone wallpaper, perfect for stargazers.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a towering three-light-year-high pillar of gas and dust, intense activity unfolds as brilliant light from closest stars erodes its surface. Simultaneously, infant stars hidden within launch jets of gas, seen streaming from the pillar’s peaks, adding to the chaotic scene from both outside and within.
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
This dazzling Hubble picture features WR 31a, a Wolf-Rayet star in the Carina constellation, 30,000 light-years away. It's a phone wallpaper, showcasing the cosmic brilliance of the star.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
This captivating picture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope captures the brilliance of Messier 92, a glittering globular cluster placed in the northern constellation of Hercules. First discovered by astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1777, this dense ball of stars orbits the centre of our galaxy like a satellite.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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