10 spellbinding images of galaxies captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is known for capturing stunning images of cosmos, nebulae and galaxies. Let's take a look at some of the surreal Hubble images of galaxies.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this spectacular image of the Antennae Galaxies. The galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, can be seen colliding with each other.
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This mesmerising image is of cosmic dust in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope obtained this beautiful image of the dust lanes and star clusters in the galaxy.
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This astounding Hubble image shared by NASA is of a disk galaxy NGC 5866. The image reveals a crisp dust lane dividing the galaxy into two halves.
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This splendid view of Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128 galaxy, was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image features young stars, visible in infrared light in the galaxy.
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This gorgeous Hubble image shows the interacting pair of galaxies known as Arp-Madore 2339-661. The two interacting galaxies are NGC 7733 and NGC 7734.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this captivating image of the spiral galaxy ESO 415-19. It lies around 450 million light-years away from Earth.
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Here's another beautiful image of a collision of two galaxies, captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It shows two interacting galaxies, collectively forming Arp 143.
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This colourful and vibrant image is a composite view of the active galaxy Messier 82. It is obtained from the data of the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope.
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This magnificent image of a moderately luminous spiral galaxy, ESP 021-G004 was captured 130 million light-years away from Earth. It shows a swirling mass of celestial gas, dust and stars.
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This surreal image is of two galaxies merging, colliding and brushing past one another to create Arp 282. This Hubble image shared by NASA shows the Seyfert galaxy below the galaxy IC 1559.