In April of this year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope will be celebrating 24 years of observing. To celebrate this milestone, the observatory is releasing a brand new image of part of NGC 2174, otherwise known as the Monkey Head nebula. This new Hubblecast episode showcases this beautiful image, which views a colourful region filled with young stars embedded within bright wisps of cosmic gas and dust.

Hubblecast 73: Hubble revisits the Monkey Head Nebula for 24th birthday snap

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Hubblecast 133: Spectroscopy with Hubble

Hubblecast 132 Light: The Strange Exoplanet That Resembles the Long-Sought “Planet Nine”

On 24 April 2020, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebraetd its 30th anniversary. ESA/Hubble invited the general public to submit Hubble-themed artistic creations to celebrate this special milestone. Submissions received included drawings, paintings, sculptures, music, and poetry that were all inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubblecast features a variety of the visual creations received.

Hubblecast 131 Special: Showcase of Hubble's 30th Anniversary Artistic Creations

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse in January 2019, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. This method serves as a proxy for how they will observe Earth-like planets around other stars in search of life.

Hubblecast 73: Hubble revisits the Monkey Head Nebula for 24th birthday snap

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