Happy 34th launchiversary to @NASAHubble! :

Since it first headed into orbit on April 24, 1990, #Hubble has made 1.6 million observations of 53,000 astronomical objects and helped generate 44,000 scientific papers. Hubble has helped humanity look toward the origins of our universe, witness the birth and death of stars, and study cosmic phenomena.

In celebration of its launch, astronomers captured this image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, which lies 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The Little Dumbbell comprises an expanding shell of flowing gases ejected from a dying red giant star that will soon collapse and form a white dwarf star.

Image description: A rectangle of space with a black background scattered with gold-colored stars, some with four-point spikes. At the center, and taking up most of the image, is a nebula appearing as two translucent orbs attached by a white band. The orbs shine with blue, red, and orange cloud-like material, with some tendrils of fading colors floating away into space from the edges of both orbs, like loops of smoke. Where the two orbs are bonded, the red, blue, and orange colors are blocked by a thick semi-transparent white vertical structure.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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