The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

Astronomers are using Hubble to study vivid gas clouds and newborn stars in the tilted spiral galaxy NGC 3511.

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a cotton candy-like cloudscape using light our eyes can’t see, like ultraviolet and infrared. The result is both beautiful and informative. NASA ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years from Earth (but appearing as it did around 11 billion years ago ...

Hubble also snapped the first space-based images of an asteroid breaking, the first confirmation that the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with our Milky Way Galaxy, and many more famous firsts.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) This image shows a magnified view of the magnificent spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. Credit: NASA ...

In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years ... out jets of plasma in impressive displays. Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335 NASA, ESA, STScI This striking galaxy has a similar ...

The Abell 370 photo also shows off a particularly cool cosmic coincidence that Hubble can exploit to humanity's advantage. The huge galaxy cluster actually warps the fabric of space and time ...

The NASA and European Space Agency’s Hubble Space Telescope snapped a mesmerizing shot of an astronomical oddball, known as Arp 184 or NGC 1961. This strange spiral galaxy’s single broad arm ...

Hubble even grabbed snaps of galaxy NGC 5335, which is categorized as a flocculent spiral galaxy — characterized as having ‘flaky,’ discontinuous spiral arms. The photo shows a notable bar ...