Overview

• The Hubble Space Telescope, launched on April 24, 1990, celebrates 35 years of operation with four newly released images of Mars, NGC 2899, the Rosette Nebula, and galaxy NGC 5335.
• Hubble has conducted nearly 1.7 million observations, leading to over 22,000 scientific papers and archiving more than 400 terabytes of data.
• The telescope's ultraviolet capabilities remain unmatched, enabling studies of high-temperature cosmic phenomena that complement the infrared-focused James Webb Space Telescope.
• Hubble’s scientific breakthroughs include measuring the universe's expansion, unveiling distant galaxies, and contributing to the discovery of dark energy and exoplanet atmospheres.
• NASA is advancing plans for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a successor to Hubble, designed to identify potentially habitable planets with enhanced sensitivity and serviceability.