Since it began science operations in the summer, NASA has delivered mind-blowing views of the universe.
The Hubble Space Telescope was one of the workhorses of astronomy. They are both space-based telescopes. Hubble sees light from the sun and the universe across the spectrum of light.
Astronomers can peer further into space with the help of Hubble. The first few months of observations show that the universe is capable of taking the most striking shots.
The largest planet in our solar system was photographed in August. When compared to Hubble's images of the gas giant, above on the left, we can see a sharper and crisper image, and new details of Jupiter's storm systems.
The Great Red Spot, an enormous storm that has been swirling for centuries, is bright with reflected sunlight, which makes it appear white.
Both the planet's poles are lit up by Jupiter's Auroras. Auroras aren't unique to Earth. NASA says Jupiter has the most powerful Auroras.
When charged particles from the sun interact with the magnetic field of a planet, they create the Auroras. Jupiter's magnetic field is more powerful than Earth's.
The images of the giant star-forming region were released by NASA. It is the nearest stellar nursery.
The star-forming structures from instruments that rely on visible light are obscured by dense clouds of cosmic dust. Astronomers can see the various components of the nebula with the help of the telescope.
Astronomers believe the clouds are dominated by large, thread-like structures that feed material like gas to form stars. These threads are shown in great detail.
The Pillars of Creation were taken by NASA in October. There is a cloud of dust and gas 6,500 light-years away.
The famous nursery was photographed by Hubble in 1995. Hundreds of stars that Hubble couldn't see are revealed when the two images are compared.
One of the first images that NASA shared was a deep field image, which allows the telescope to capture the light of extremely faint, distant objects. The image was taken less than a day.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that if you held a grain of sand at arm's length, it would represent the universe in the image.
The deep field image fills Lisa Kaltenegger with wonder and hope.
There is a side-by-side comparison of Hubble's deep field and the new space observatory.
A dying star is expelling the layers of its atmosphere in successive waves, creating ever-expanding bubbles of colorful gas. There were two stars at the center of the nebula, but they couldn't be seen in Hubble's images.
The dying star is red because it is surrounded by dust and is next to a white companion star.
The four galaxies locked in a dance of gravity are about 300,000 light-years away.
New galaxies were not visible to Hubble.
A decade ago, Dan Coe, a researcher with the Space Telescope Science Institute, discovered this object using Hubble.
It was just a red dot. It was a small galaxy in the first 400 million years of the universe. In an October NASA release, Coe said that they were able to resolve two objects with the help of the Hubble Telescope.
The early universe is studied through lensing. When a cluster of distant galaxies is so large that it warps space-time, it bends the light from other galaxies far away. That creates a mirror image of the universe.
There are three places where the mystery objects appear in the images above. The three images on the right show how much better the images are than the ones on the left. Two different objects are shown.
Coe said in the release that they are discussing whether these are two galaxies or two clumps of stars. "We don't know, but these are the questions that we are supposed to answer."
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