April showers bring May flowers. 🌼

In 2018, Hubble captured this image of the Serpens Nebula, a star-forming region that resembles stormy clouds on a spring day. This reflection nebula is home to a unique feature known as the “Bat Shadow”: bit.ly/3IOR4tk

Dive into the “Cosmic Reef” with Hubble! In 2020, this science visualization was part of Hubble’s 30th anniversary celebrations. Time flies!

Discover more about what Hubble captured in this scene: bit.ly/4a2eHdQ

⭐ + 💧 = 🌈 !

In this Hubble image, the colors aren’t refracted and reflected by water. They align with different atoms. Blue shows oxygen, green sulfur, and red hydrogen.

See wider views of the Veil Nebula: bit.ly/48FpZ65

Did you miss this week’s public lecture? Learn about the discoveries that have allowed us to better understand gamma rays and their involvement in the final stage of massive stars and origin of heavy chemical elements. youtu.be/-lfyZlfcOV4

Back in 2010, Hubble studied this small galaxy to observe a supernova explosion known as SN 2010jl. The galaxy UGC 5198A is about 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko, N. Bartmann.

Clear April nights are filled with galaxies! This month you can spot the Pinwheel Galaxy, M81, and M82. Set a time to admire the sky from your backyard, front stoop, or rooftop deck!

Watch “Tonight’s Sky” to learn about this month’s constellations. youtu.be/LuA8Qs5rDwI

Join us as we hear about the discoveries that have allowed us to better understand gamma ray bursts and their involvement in the final stage of massive stars and origin of heavy chemical elements—TODAY at 3:00 p.m. ET. youtube.com/watch?v=49JUIe…

The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program has named 24 new fellows to its 2024 roster. These young scientists will begin their programs in the fall of 2024 at a university or research center of their choosing in the United States: bit.ly/49c3ZjK

Abell 370 was the last of six galaxy clusters imaged in the Frontier Fields project, which used gravitational lensing and Hubble’s ability to create deep field images to see galaxies that would normally be hard to observe.

Explore the mosaic of galaxies: bit.ly/49tBDlh

ULLYSES, the largest Hubble program ever, collected information about almost 500 young stars over a three-year period. It aims to help researchers gain new insights about the stars’ formation, evolution, and impact on their surroundings: bit.ly/497YZMY

It’s easy to see why NGC 1427A is classified as an irregular galaxy. Its odd arrowhead shape is a result of gas pressure and gravitational forces as it plunges into a group of galaxies at about 1.5 million miles per hour (700 km/s): bit.ly/3SYbOom

Asymmetry has never been so pleasing! Hubble’s near-infrared and visible-light view shows jostled dark brown dust lanes and a core knocked off center. Why? Galaxy M96 is part of a group of galaxies in a gravitational “tug of war.”

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, and the LEGUS Team.

A Hubble survey has found that brown dwarfs—objects smaller than stars but bigger than planets—live a lonely life as they age. Over time they lose the companion brown dwarf that was born alongside them as they drift their separate ways: bit.ly/43h3Mu5

🎶 It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood. 🎶

Over a three-year span, the telescope observed one of the Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. Almost 8,000 images were obtained of the Andromeda galaxy, helping scientists learn more about star formation: bit.ly/49pQMEA

Need a “pink” me up?

Gaze at this section of the Orion Nebula as observed by Hubble. This piece is just one part of a large mosaic of the nebula that was released in 2006, which revealed never-before-seen details: bit.ly/4bCC3rG

The Hubble images used in this animated science visualization present a full rotation of #Jupiter . It's not a real-time movie, but snapshots of the planet, taken in January, have been photo-mapped onto a sphere, and the model is then rotated in animation. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI

Get a little insight about how these Hubble images of Jupiter were put together and see some bonus material that did not make it into yesterday's release.
illuminateduniverse.org/2024/03/14/hub…

The four arcs of light are all the same galaxy, known as the Sunburst Arc. The effect of gravitational lensing from the galaxy cluster in front of it stretches and creates multiple images of the same distant galaxy.

Explore this cluster: bit.ly/3SZW58l

The Hubble images used in this animated science visualization present a full rotation of #Jupiter . It's not a real-time movie, but snapshots of the planet, taken in January, have been photo-mapped onto a sphere, and the model is then rotated in animation. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by Hubble in images taken two months ago, capturing both sides of the planet. The many large storms and small white clouds are a hallmark of activity in Jupiter’s atmosphere: bit.ly/3V126mn