After 30 years, Hubble is still revealing new mysteries of the universe
Operating far past its expected life span, the telescope captures data that answer some of space’s biggest questions—and make glorious images.
A colorized composite image captures the Veil Nebula. It’s a portion of the doughnut-shaped Cygnus Loop, the result of a supernova explosion several thousand years ago.
Photograph by NASA/ESA AND Z. LEVAY (STSCI/AURA)
ByDaniel Stone
Published April 23, 2020
• 2 min read
This story appears in the May 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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