(Updated: April 24, 2021)
NASA, ESA, and Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA), W. Blair (STScI/ JHU) and R. O Connell (UVA) / TASCHEN
On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Telescope hitched a ride aboard the space shuttle
Discovery and began its ascent into low-earth orbit, where it has remained ever since, exploring the great unknown and projecting images that have helped scientists and the public at large make better sense of our place in the universe.
Expanding Universe. Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, a book published by TASCHEN, offers a collection of amazing images from the scope, which has explored everything from black holes to exoplanets. Here are 15 of its most magnificent pictures.