Picture Gallery: Highlights of Hubble

We celebrate the greatest pictures of the last 30 years

30 years of iconic images

Ring of power

CAPTURED: 23 MAY 2013

Hubble has helped to define the shape of the Ring Nebula, revealing it to be doughnut shaped, with lower density material at its core.

Shrinking storm

CAPTURED: 27 JUNE 2019

Revealing the detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds, this image shows the intense colour palette of the Great Red Spot and is proof that the storm – which has raged for over 150 years – is shrinking.

RELEASED: 19 APRIL 2013

To celebrate its 23rd year, Hubble released this dramatic infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula, revealing a fragile-lookng structure with folds of gas and dust.