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The official X account for the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, managed and operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Joined March 2008
No telescope? No worries! Find a star party or astronomy club near you with NASA's Night Sky Network. https://t.co/MMvnqIohbw
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Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public.
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November is in full swing, and so is the penultimate month of Hubble's Night Sky Challenge! Check out our list of cosmic targets and compare your views: https://t.co/RFhWFXmgd0
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UGC 4879 is one of a kind! Classified as an irregular dwarf galaxy, UGC 4879 is a bit smaller and messier than its cosmic cousins, like spiral and elliptical galaxies. Its nearest neighbor is about 2.3 million light-years away, making it pretty isolated: https://t.co/cHMkW2VM6l
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Another month of Hubble's Night Sky Challenge awaits! 🔭 October's list of cosmic targets just dropped: https://t.co/lj82yLs0SQ Compare your views to Hubble's, like the ones here. Or, find a star party to join: https://t.co/QhhWvwLVGR
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NGC 2775 is difficult to define. The galaxy in this #HubbleFriday image is home to a smooth center mostly devoid of gas, resembling an elliptical galaxy. But it also has a dusty ring with star clusters, like a spiral galaxy. So what is it? Find out here: https://t.co/QhMeuhA0yV
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Written in the stars 🌟 Hubble looked toward the constellation Sagittarius, unveiling a stunning scene of stars within our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Find out what we can learn about stars from their color and mass: https://t.co/7D9Twq2NZI
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Smaug isn’t the only dragon in the sky. Draco is a circumpolar constellation that’s visible in the northern sky all year! Within this constellation's hoard is the Cat’s Eye Nebula, and the Spindle and Tadpole galaxies. https://t.co/mrpEyffSLT
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The Lagoon Nebula brings pumpkin spice vibes perfect for the first day of fall 🍂 In this image released 15 years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a view of ionized gas clouds in this star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius. https://t.co/6zsVku3jIN
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Saturn is one of Hubble's frequent targets, and now's a good time for you to see it, too! This weekend, Saturn is at "opposition" – meaning it appears at its closest and brightest, while Earth is right between Saturn and the Sun, temporarily lined up. https://t.co/8Oe2kDwlsU
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Saturn shines throughout the month, a conjunction sparkles in the sky, and we welcome the autumnal equinox.
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Just like Earth, Saturn also has aurorae! Find out more about the ringed planet's aurorae in the latest Inside the Image episode.
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M82 has a star-powered heart! 🌟 Forming stars 10 times faster than our Milky Way, M82 contains "super" star clusters that each hold hundreds of thousands of stars. Find out more on this #HubbleFriday view: https://t.co/yo9cslhuv9
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Snack time! 🍴 Hubble spotted a burned-out star eating a Pluto-like object. This "snack" is an object from the star system’s own version of the Kuiper Belt, which is an icy ring of debris that encircles our solar system: https://t.co/Cs3Py8DF5H
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New milestone alert! 🚨 When Hubble launched in 1990, there were no confirmed planets outside of our solar system. But now, NASA's tally of exoplanets has surpassed 6,000! Find out how Hubble helps study worlds beyond our solar system:
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When Hubble launched in 1990, there were no confirmed planets outside of our solar system. Hubble’s unique capabilities allow it to explore planetary systems
At our hearts, we are seekers, and today we celebrate a scientific milestone! Nearly 30 years after the first discovery of a world orbiting a Sun-like star beyond our solar system, @NASA’s Exoplanet Archive reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets. 🎉 Read more:
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Bursting at the seams! Located about 50 million light-years away, NGC 3125 is classified as a starburst galaxy – meaning that an unusually high number of stars form here, springing to life within intensely hot clouds of gas. Read more: https://t.co/XZZy6LNLon
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The cloudy starscape seen in this week's #HubbleFriday view resides within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy. This is N11, the galaxy’s second-largest star-forming region: https://t.co/3AIbdtw933
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The search for other worlds continues 🪐 NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory will draw on technologies from @NASAHubble, @NASAWebb, and @NASARoman to both search for planets like Earth outside the solar system and study cosmic objects near and far.
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What does the aftermath of a supernova look like? These red filaments are the supernova remnant DEM L71, formed when a white dwarf star reached the end of its life and ripped itself apart, ejecting a superheated cloud of debris: https://t.co/VXnGCJEhA6
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There are thousands of newborn stars in the stellar nursery known as the Eagle Nebula. As its gas and dust come together to form stars, those very stars are also eroding away these towers. #MondayMotivation
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A new infrared view from @NASAWebb reveals thousands of stars of many sizes and colors. As one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large stars, making it an ideal target for Hubble and Webb alike. https://t.co/T2mUcf4FJF
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Hubble's view shows the region in visible and some near-infrared light. Pismis 24-1, located in the cluster's core, was once thought to be a star with an incredibly large mass. But Hubble measurements of the star resolved it into two separate stars!
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