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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Boo! 👻

This ghostly view from Hubble shows NGC 6684, an eerie lenticular galaxy about 44 million light-years away.

It lacks dark lanes of dust, which sometimes spread through galaxies, which only adds to its ghost-like appearance: go.nasa.gov/3UBdXpF

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X marks the spot?

This Hubble view appears to show two galaxies intersecting and colliding.

But it’s just a trick of perspective – these two galaxies are separated by millions of light-years and are moving in different directions: go.nasa.gov/44p3LF1

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NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope issue. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health.

Read more: go.nasa.gov/3Qk8d28

See the bar of stars going through the galaxy NGC 2217?

The bar in this #HubbleFriday image helps funnel gas from the galaxy's disk into the middle of the galaxy.

Then, it's formed into new stars or fed to the black hole at the galaxy's center: go.nasa.gov/3vZRla5

POV: Inside the firing room in 1990 during the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

Discovery launched #OTD as part of the STS-31 mission. With five astronauts onboard, its primary goal was to deploy Hubble. The rocket launch itself can be seen through window on the top left.