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HUBBLE

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Official @ESA feed for #Hubble Space Telescope — the space-based observatory which has revolutionised modern astronomy. #BFFinSpace with @ESA_Webb

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Joined April 2010

HUBBLE
@HUBBLE_space
Jul 28
Speeding through the Virgo Cluster 💨 with NGC 4654! Access more space-themed .gifs at our giphy page: ow.ly/HAZS50ZsbVg
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HUBBLE
@HUBBLE_space
Jul 27
NGC 4654, which jostles among many other galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, is a curious spiral galaxy. One side is rounded and the opposite side is stretched into a long trail of gas (beyond this image). This is caused by ram pressure stripping. As NGC 4654 speeds through the
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HUBBLE
@HUBBLE_space
Jul 24
Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features a one-sided spiral 🌀 NGC 4654 lies 72 million light-years away from Earth in the Virgo cluster, a massive, crowded galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). 1/3
HUBBLE
@HUBBLE_space
Jul 23
Our #HubbleTopImage features the heavyweight of the Leo Triplet 💪 Messier 66 has an unusual anatomy, with asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. Astronomers believe that Messier 66's once orderly shape has been distorted by the gravitational pull of its two
HUBBLE
@HUBBLE_space
Jul 16
This is the globular cluster Omega Centauri, which is composed of 10 million gravitationally bound stars. Models have long suggested that it should also contain about 10,000 stellar-mass black holes. Finally, the first one has been found! 1/2
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