Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes

The Latest Spectacular Images from the Cosmos

2024
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Stars Forming in Rho Ophiuchi The Ring Nebula’s Beauty Jellyfish Galaxies Dust-Filled Galaxy NGC 6822 Stars Forming in NGC 1333 A Gargantuan Gravitational Lens Gas and Light Collide

The subject of the first anniversary image from the Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it In 2023 several images from Hubble of ‘jellyfish’ These three images give radically different views of This image, released to celebrate Hubble’s 33rd A massive galaxy cluster, SPT-CL J0019-2026, This is Webb’s view of the Orion Bar region,
NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal galaxies, named for their beautiful trailing tentacles, the galaxy NGC 6822. At the bottom, in Webb’s anniversary in April 2023, features the star-forming dominates the centre of this image from Hubble. a part of the Orion Nebula that hosts intense star
the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star- planetary nebula. The near-infrared image (left) were released. These jellyfish are all travelling mid-infrared image, the emission of light by nebula NGC 1333 in the Perseus molecular cloud. The view is populated with a serene collection of formation activity and active astrochemistry.
forming region to Earth. Jets bursting from young makes the ring’s intricate detail visible, while the through galaxy clusters, ploughing through the galactic dust is prominent, obscuring the galaxy’s Hubble’s colourful view, showcasing its unique elliptical and spiral galaxies, but galaxies Harsh ultraviolet light from the stars of the
stars crisscross the image, impacting the mid-infrared image (right) reveals concentric diffuse gas that pervades such clusters. The stars. In the middle, the near-infrared image shows ability to obtain images in light from ultraviolet to surrounding the central cluster appear stretched Trapezium Cluster carves out a rich tapestry of
surrounding interstellar gas and lighting up features in the outer regions of the nebula’s ring. resulting ‘ram pressure’ strips gas from the galaxies the galaxy’s countless stars in incredible detail. near-infrared, unveils an effervescent cauldron of into bright arcs, an amazing example of cavities and filaments.
molecular hydrogen. and creates these trailing streamers, where new The two views are combined in the top image. gases and dust stirred up by newly forming stars gravitational lensing.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Barlow, N. Cox, stars form. within the dark cloud. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb),
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan R. Wesson Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Meixner Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Ebeling the PDRs4All ERS Team
(STScI), A. Pagan (STScI) Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Gullieuszik and the Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
GASP team

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Clash of the Titans Cosmic Smokescreen Outer Planets and Moons A Spiral of Gas and Dust A Glittering Globular Cluster Ices in a Dark Molecular Cloud

This distorted galaxy, NGC 3256, is the result of an A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears In its first year the James Webb Space Telescope The graceful winding arms of the grand-design This star-filled view from the Hubble Space This image from Webb features the central region of
ancient clash between two galaxies. The left as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this has returned stunning infrared images of the Solar spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this Webb image. Telescope is of Terzan 12, a globular cluster the Chameleon I dark cloud. Cold, wispy cloud material
image, from Webb (in 2023), captures infrared light image from Hubble. The cluster is set within the System’s outer planets and some of their moons. This galactic portrait is a composite image that embedded in our Milky Way galaxy. Creeping ten- is illuminated in the infrared by the glow of a young,
from dust grains, irradiated by young stars that larger Lagoon Nebula, a gigantic interstellar cloud Featured here are Jupiter (top left), Saturn (bottom integrates both near-infrared and mid-infrared drils of galactic gas and dust blanket large por- shrouded protostar. Its study points at icy molecules
were formed from the collision. The right image of gas and dust; it is the nebula that gives this left), Uranus (top right) and Neptune (bottom right). data. Red colours trace out dust grains, while tions of Terzan 12, giving some stars a sinister red forming in clouds of gas and dust that will one day form
from Hubble (in 2018) highlights hot, massive stars image its distinctly smokey appearance. orange and yellow reveal regions of gas ionised by hue. Relatively unobscured stars shine brightly in stars and planets.
in the two galactic cores, shrouded by dark dust Credit (top left): NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team, recently formed star clusters. white and blue.
that blocks visible light. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, ESO, O. De Marco J. Schmidt Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb),
Credit (bottom left): NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Adamo and the FEAST Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Cohen F. Sun, Z. Smith, and the Ice Age ERS Team
Credit (left): NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Armus, A. Evans M. Tiscareno, M. Showalter, M. Hedman, JWST team
Credit (right): NASA, ESA M. El Moutamid, L. Fletcher, H. Hammel,
J. DePasquale (STScI)
Credit (top right): NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI,
J. DePasquale (STScI)
Credit (bottom right): NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

2024 Moon phases are indicated in Universal Time.

 The Ring Nebula’s Beauty
(Webb)

January 2024
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 Jellyfish Galaxies
(Hubble)

February 2024
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 Dust-Filled Galaxy NGC 6822
(Webb)

March 2024
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 Stars Forming in NGC 1333
(Hubble)

April 2024
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 A Gargantuan Gravitational Lens
(Hubble)

May 2024
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 Gas and Light Collide
(Webb)

June 2024
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 Clash of the Titans
(Left: Webb; Right: Hubble)

July 2024
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 Cosmic Smokescreen
(Hubble)

August 2024
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 Outer Planets and Moons
(Webb)

September 2024
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 A Spiral of Gas and Dust
(Webb)

October 2024
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 A Glittering Globular Cluster
(Hubble)

November 2024
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 Ices in a Dark Molecular Cloud
(Webb)

December 2024
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 The GOODS-South field (Webb image)
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, B. Robertson, B. Johnson, S. Tacchella, M. Rieke, D. Eisenstein, A. Pagan (STScI)
The images featured in this calendar were taken by
the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the
NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope
and were publicly released throughout 2023.