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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Orbited Earth For 25 Years. Here Are 25 Of Its Most Stunning Images

25 Of The Hubble Space Telescope's Most Stunning Images
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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth, capturing images of the cosmos that have “fundamentally changed humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe.”

This year, to celebrate the telescope’s 25th anniversary, NASA and the European Space Agency have compiled 25 of the Hubble’s best and most important images -- one for each year that the telescope has orbited our planet.

Learn more about each image by clicking on the link beneath it.

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2014: Frontier Field Abell 2744Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI)

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2013: Horsehead NebulaCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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2012: Planetary Nebula NGC 5189Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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2011: Interacting Galaxies Arp 273Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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2010: Pillar and Jets in CarinaCredit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

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2009: Saturn Quadruple Moon TransitCredit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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2008: Interacting Galaxy Arp 148Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

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2007: NGC 602Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - ESA/Hubble Collaboration

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2006: Orion NebulaCredit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

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2005: Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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2004: Helix NebulaCredit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), M. Meixner and P. McCullough (STScI)

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2003: V838 MonocerotisCredit: NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI)

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2002: Tadpole GalaxyCredit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA

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2001: Warped Edge-On Galaxy ESO 510-G13Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Acknowledgment: C. Conselice (U. Wisconsin/STScI)

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2000: The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)Credit: NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)

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1999: MarsCredit: Steve Lee (University of Colorado), Jim Bell (Cornell University), Mike Wolff (Space Science Institute), and NASA

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1998: NGC 4314Credit: G. Fritz Benedict, Andrew Howell, Inger Jorgensen, David Chapell (University of Texas), Jeffery Kenney (Yale University), and Beverly J. Smith (CASA, University of Colorado), and NASA

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1997: M84 Black Hole SignatureCredit: Gary Bower, Richard Green (NOAO), the STIS Instrument Definition Team, and NASA

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1996: Hubble Deep FieldCredit: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA

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1995: Eagle Nebula, M16Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University)

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1994: Spiral Galaxy M100Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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1993: Veil NebulaCredit: J.J. Hester (Arizona State University), and NASA

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1992: Orion NebulaCredit: C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA

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1991: NGC 4621Credit: Walter Jaffe/Leiden Observatory, Holland Ford/JHU/STScI, and NASA

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1990: Supernova 1987A (SN 1987a)Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

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