00:00NASA is celebrating Hubble's 35th birthday with an assortment of breathtaking images recently taken by the Space Telescope,
00:09stretching from the planet Mars to spectacular star-forming regions to a magnificent neighboring galaxy.
00:17The first birthday image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2899,
00:23located about 4500 light-years away in the southern constellation Vela.
00:29A hot white dwarf, perhaps with companion stars, drives powerful outflows of gas that shape the nebula's bipolar structure.
00:39Gaseous pillars point back toward the source of radiation and stellar winds,
00:44and the vivid colors come from glowing hydrogen and oxygen.
00:48Hubble also captured a detailed face-on view of galaxy NGC 5335.
00:55Unlike typical spiral galaxies, it lacks well-defined arms and features a prominent bar stretching across its center.
01:05This bar funnels gas toward the core, fueling star formation.
01:10Bars can appear and fade over billions of years, and they're found in about 30% of galaxies, including our
01:18own Milky Way.
01:19This Hubble image captures a small section of the Rosette Nebula, a vast star-forming region 100 light-years across
01:27and located 5200 light-years away.
01:31Hubble zooms in on a four-light-year wide slice, revealing dark hydrogen clouds laced with dust.
01:38These clouds are being sculpted by intense radiation from a cluster of massive stars at the nebula's center.
01:45In the upper right, a young star at the tip of a dark cloud shoots out plasma jets that slam
01:52into the surrounding gas, creating a glowing red shockwave.
01:56The colors in the image come from hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
02:02The final anniversary images show two sides of Mars from about 61 million miles away.
02:09Ultraviolet light reveals thin, water-ice clouds, giving the red planet a frosty look.
02:16The icy northern polar cap is entering spring.
02:19At the 10 o'clock position, the giant volcano, Olympus Mons, rises above the clouds, towering 70,000 feet high,
02:29or two and a half times taller than Mount Everest.
02:32The dark streak near the center-left is Valles Marineris, a 2,500-mile-long canyon system.
02:41On the right, high-altitude evening clouds hug the eastern limb, while the 1,400-mile-wide Hellas Basin lies
02:49far to the south.
02:52Because Hubble orbits above Earth's atmosphere, it can give us these clear views of the many wonders in our universe.
03:00For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has transformed our view of the universe and deepened our understanding of our
03:08place within it.
03:09From refining the estimated age of the cosmos to measuring how quickly it's expanding, Hubble has helped answer some of
03:17astronomy's biggest questions.
03:19Its deep-field images allow us to peer across billions of light-years, revealing galaxies in their earliest stages,
03:28snapshots we can compare to the Milky Way to learn about our own galactic history.
03:34Hubble also continues to explore activity within our own solar system and beyond,
03:39capturing details of distant planets, stars, and systems throughout the galaxy and the universe.
03:46Its scientific capabilities are used jointly and collaboratively with those of other telescopes on the ground and in space,
03:54including the James Webb Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite,
04:03the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, and the upcoming Roman Space Telescope, ensuring cutting-edge science and discovery.
04:11Thanks to five astronaut servicing missions and ongoing support from expert teams on the ground,
04:18Hubble remains in excellent health and is expected to deliver groundbreaking science for years to come.
04:24explore more about Hubble's discoveries at NASA.gov slash Hubble
04:30and follow along on social media at NASA Hubble.
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