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Hubble Space Telescope
A space-based observatory launched in 1990 by NASA and ESA, providing high-resolution images of astronomical objects in visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared light.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "Hubble Space Telescope"
Comet Hale-Bopp Inbound Credit:
19/12/1996
Comet-like Clouds in the Cartwheel Galaxy Credit:
28/11/1996
A Quasar Portrait Gallery Credit:
25/11/1996
The Martian Spring Credit:
04/11/1996
Jupiter's Auroras Credit:
18/10/1996
Proplyds: Infant Solar Systems?
17/10/1996
Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy
14/10/1996
The Double Nucleus of M31
11/10/1996
Io's Shadow Credit:
07/10/1996
In the Center of Spiral M77
11/09/1996
Two Billion Years After the Big Bang
07/09/1996
Watch Galaxies Form
05/09/1996
NGC 5882: A Small Planetary Nebula
28/08/1996
Why is QSO 1229+204 so Bright?
24/08/1996
A Close-Up of the Lagoon's Hourglass
21/08/1996
A Close-Up of the Lagoon Nebula
20/08/1996
A Milestone Quasar
18/08/1996
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery in M33
16/08/1996
Europa: Oceans of Life?
06/08/1996
The Cygnus Loop
26/07/1996
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987a
05/07/1996
The Cat's Eye Nebula (Revisited)
04/07/1996
A Distant Galaxy in the Deep Field
28/06/1996
The Pulsar Powered Crab
31/05/1996
Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (II)
14/05/1996
Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (I)
13/05/1996
Tracking Saturn's Moons
12/05/1996
Sunlight Through Saturn's Rings
11/05/1996
Supernova Remnant: Cooking Elements In The LMC
09/05/1996
Neptune's Great Dark Spot: Gone But Not Forgotten
08/05/1996