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With yet another striking portrayal of cosmic phenomena, NASA celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of its prized Hubble Space Telescope by presenting a new iconic image, a firestorm of the birth of a star in a neighboring galaxy.
In the latest Hubble image shared by NASA, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smallest blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 163,000 light years away. The image has been nicknamed the ‘Cosmic Reef’ because of its resemblance to the underwater world.
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Take a look at the iconic image here:
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Hubble’s long haul
On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the giant telescope into Earth’s orbit from its Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hubble was flown on Space Shuttle Discovery with a crew of five astronauts. The highly advanced telescope has revolutionized our understanding of space and modern astronomy with over 1.4 million observations to date, and its iconic images continue to redefine our view of the universe and our place in time and space.
Unhindered by Earth’s blurry atmosphere, the Hubble Telescope captures cosmic bases with crystal-clear clarity over a wide range of wavelengths, from ultraviolet light to near-infrared light.
As recorded by NASA, the giant telescope’s main achievements include measuring the rate of expansion and acceleration of the universe, establishing that black holes are common phenomena in galaxies, monitoring the weather patterns of planets in the solar system, and looking towards 97% of the time in the universe to narrate the birth and evolution of stars and galaxies.
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Taking the celebration one step further, NASA also released a descriptive video that takes a tour of the stunning ‘Cosmic Reef’ image and describes the current health of the telescope as lead scientist for the Hubble project, Dr. Jennifer Wiseman detailed some Hubble’s contributions to modern astronomy in his 30-year career.
Take a look here:
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