Some of the best images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show a Universe full of wonder and magnificence.
We’ve collected some of the most incredible views, to show you just how breath-taking space can be.
Just be prepared to feel a little insignificant.
Globular Cluster
While the James Webb Telescope might be getting all the attention for the awesome images it has collected the ageing Hubble Telescope is still producing intriguing ones as well.
This one was posted by Nasa on 12 July 2025 and shows the globular cluster Terzan 2. This incredible view shows thousands of stars almost dominating the area. The area is subject to the intense gravitational attraction between the stars which leads to the clustering.
NGC 7764A is a group of galaxies that were captured by the Hubble Space Telescope using its Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).
Interestingly the two galaxies in the top right look like they’re interacting with one another. It’s thought this sort of interaction happens over incredibly long periods.
NGC 7764A is said to be 425 million light-years from Earth and certainly appears to be an intriguing part of space.
AG Carinae - the celebrity star
To celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA and the European Space Agency published this image of AG Carinae. The so-called celebrity star is said to be one of the brightest stars in our galaxy.
This brilliant shining mass isn’t just special for its sheer brightness though, it’s also said to be 70 times bigger than our own sun and the glow surrounding it is due to outer layers being blown into space some 10,000 years ago.Read more about it here.
A star is born
NASA shared this view of a stellar tantrum captured by Hubble. It shows a star in the earliest part of its formation.
This one has been captured several times over the years and changed significantly in that time. You cansee it in 2007, againin 2015andin 2022. Incredible.
Antennae Galaxies reloaded
The Antennae Galaxies shown in this image are locked in a constant battle - clashing with each other for several hundred million years.
The Antennae Galaxies have been photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope several times over the last few decades. This image is the most recent and the most impressive. The galaxies shown in this image are locked in a constant battle - clashing with each other for several hundred million years.
This space battle is so violent that stars have been ripped from both galaxies and form a streaming arc which bridges the two. Signs of this cosmic chaos can be seen in the various colours surrounding the galaxies.
This image shows part of the constellation of Orion with incredible waves of dust and gas creating what looks like a giant space seahorse.
This image shows part of the constellation of Orion. It was captured during the Hubble Space Telescope’s 23rd year in use. The magnificent view shows incredible waves of dust and gas creating what looks like a giant space seahorse.
Mystic Mountain
A spiralling pillar of gas and dust that makes up a stellar nursery 7,500 light-years away from Earth.
This incredible image looks more like fantasy than reality, but the brilliantly colourful view speaks of friction and cosmic chaos. A spiralling pillar of gas and dust can be seen being engulfed by the brilliant light of nearby stars.
This view is of a stellar nursery known as the Carina Nebula which is a mere 7,500 light-years away from Earth. Radiation and cosmic winds from nearby new-born stars are what cause the pillar-like formations that can be seen here. Jets of gas, swirls and wisps of dust and more can be seen as new stars are born and grow.
The colours are caused by the glow of the different gases - with oxygen in blue, hydrogen and nitrogen in green and sulphur in red. An astounding view, we’re sure you’ll agree.
The Pillars of Creation
This is the Eagle Nebula, a star-forming gas and dust region located 6,500 light years from Earth.
This image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a vision of the Eagle Nebula - a cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. This view is unbelievably over 6,500 light years from Earth and shows a number of star-forming gas and dust regions stretching off into pillar-like formations.
This nebula was originally discovered by Swiss astronomer Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 but is perhaps most well-known thanks to this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Cosmic dust bunnies
A view of dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy. Said to be the result of two separate galaxies merging together.
This image shows dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy. These so-called dust bunnies are thought to be evidence that this mass is actually the result of the merging to two separate galaxies.
Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula
24 individual images were used to create the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula ever seen.
This incredible image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows one of the most detailed views of the Crab Nebula ever seen. The image is actually stitched together from 24 individual images captured by the telescope and we think you’ll agree, the results are spectacular.
