Classic spiral galaxy: A deep space view from 100 million light-years
This image shows a classic spiral galaxy 100 million light-years away in Leo Minor. Its bright core is surrounded by pinwheel arms with dark dust lanes and bright star-forming regions. Edwin Hubble used this galaxy to help define his galaxy classification system in 1926. (Image source: Nasa)
Heavy metal stars: A glimpse into NGC 6496
These stars are heavy metals with more metals than those in similar clusters. NGC 6496, a 10-billion-year-old globular cluster, features stars with variable brightness, including long-period pulsating stars and short-period eclipsing binaries. The image shows blue and yellow stars with diffraction spikes. (Image source: Nasa)
Aerial view of South Africa’s Orange river and Kalahari desert
The blue streak in this photo, taken from 250 miles above Earth, is the Orange River, South Africa’s largest river. Surrounding it are the orange-red dunes of the southern Kalahari Desert, with ancient, dark-toned hills rising through the sands. It also shows scattered roads and settlements in the vast desert landscape. (Image source: Nasa)
Ice patterns in the Arctic
This image from NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite shows sea ice patterns in Foxe Basin, near Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. The vibrant blue waters highlight chunks of sea ice drifting through grease ice, which starts as tiny crystals and thickens into solid slabs. The Arctic is vital for Earth’s climate, transporting and losing solar energy to space. (Image source: Nasa)
The sun’s future: A twisted nebula’s tale
This image shows a tangled planetary nebula, the final stage of a star like our sun, billions of years from now. As the star runs out of fuel, it sheds its outer layers, creating twisted filaments. Despite the name, planetary nebulae aren’t related to planets. The nebula’s intricate structure is displayed in blue and orange, with stars scattered across the background. (Image source: Nasa)
N11: Hubble’s new look at a star-forming region
Hubble space telescope reveals new images of nearby galaxies. N11, a star-forming region 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The view shows pink, cotton-candy-like clouds of gas ionised by young stars. (Image source: Nasa)
Hubble spots faint light from wandering stars in Pandora’s cluster
Four billion light-years away in Pandora’s Cluster, Hubble has detected faint light from wandering stars drifting between galaxies. This glow, brightest in near-infrared light, suggests that up to six galaxies were torn apart over 6 billion years. It also shows hundreds of galaxies in blue starlight with clarity against the dark backdrop of space. (Image source: Nasa)
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