It's #MayTheFourth , so you know what that means – space 'lightsabers'!

Partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn star's 'force awakens' as it shoots twin jets out into space as a sort of birth announcement to the universe: go.nasa.gov/3y3pqqp

IC 776 is kind of a complicated galaxy.

It's both a dwarf galaxy and a 'weakly barred' spiral galaxy – it has a ragged, disturbed central disc that spirals around the galactic core with arcs of star-forming regions.

For more on this #HubbleFriday image: go.nasa.gov/4dr0itS

Just this morning, Hubble changed its clock. 🕒

Remember Y2K? It turns out Hubble has something similar – only Hubble’s clock restarts every 6,213 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes, and 31.875 seconds.

AKA, about every 17 years, so today marked Hubble's second clock change!

Goddard saw many visitors tour our Greenbelt campus in April. Visitors saw the integration of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, explored our Hubble Operations Control Center, and learned more about our future Venus mission DAVINCI. Visit our Flickr album for more: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBhkpy

Round and round we go…

Into another Hubble puzzle! Before time runs out, try to guess the name of this iconic image.

Hint: This galaxy is located about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its relative proximity to Earth and face-on orientation have…

The enormous elliptical galaxy ESO 306-17 stretches a million light-years across – ten times the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way! It has attracted and absorbed smaller galaxies that once surrounded it, too.

For more on this #HubbleClassic view: go.nasa.gov/3QpArbE

We’re so obsessed we act like it’s your birthday every day! 🎂
Last week, Hubble turned 34. Celebrate with a look back at the last year of amazing science.
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UPDATE: NASA restored the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations on April 29. The spacecraft is in good health and once again operating using all three of its gyros.

All of Hubble’s instruments are online, and the spacecraft has resumed taking science…

Sometimes, space looks back.

This cosmic face is made up of two galaxy cores (the eyes) surrounded by a ring of blue stars (the face).

Known as Arp-Madore 2026-424, this galactic gaze will merge into one galaxy in 1-2 billion years: go.nasa.gov/44nr3LG

#HubblesWildest

This week, we celebrated 34 years since the launch of Hubble! 🥳 So, in the spirit of celebration, we're sharing 34 of our absolute favorite photos captured by this enduring eye in the sky.

Yearning for more cosmic spectacle? We got your back:
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