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NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s
33rd birthday with an ethereal image of a

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nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333.

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Located approximately 960 light-years away
in the Perseus interstellar cloud, Hubble’s

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colorful view unveils glowing 
gasses and pitch-black 

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dust stirred up, colliding, and blown around

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by several hundred forming stars within the
dark cloud.

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Most of the star birth firestorm is hidden
behind clouds of fine dust – essentially

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soot - that are thicker toward the bottom
of the image.

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The blackness in the image is not empty space,
but obscuring dust.

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Powerful stellar winds, likely from the bright
blue star at the top of the photo, are blowing

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through a veil of dust.

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The fine dust scatters the blue wavelengths
of starlight.

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Farther down, another super-hot star shines
through filaments of obscuring dust.

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A diagonal string of fainter nearby stars
looks reddish because dust is filtering starlight

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so more of the red light gets through.

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The bottom of the picture presents a peek
deep into the dark nebula.

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Hubble captures the reddish glow of ionized
hydrogen.

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It looks like a fireworks finale, with several
overlapping cascades of light.

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This is caused by pencil-thin jets shooting
out from newly forming stars that are hidden

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from view.

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This vista offers an example of the time when
our Sun and planets formed inside such a dusty

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molecular gas cloud, 4.6 billion years ago.

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Our Sun didn’t form in isolation but was
instead surrounded by other stars in a period

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of frantic stellar birth, perhaps even more energetic and massive than the action in NGC 1333.

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Because Hubble orbits above Earth’s atmosphere,
it can give us these clear views of the many

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wonders in our universe.

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For 33 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has
changed the way we think of space and our

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place in the cosmos.

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Hubble has refined our understanding of the
age of the universe and its rate of expansion.

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Its deep field images have made it possible
for us to see across billions of light-years,

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revealing ancient, adolescent galaxies that
we can compare with our own Milky Way.

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Closer to home, Hubble is revealing vibrant
activity in our solar system and in other

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star and planetary systems across the galaxy.

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Hubble remains in good health and is expected

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to continue its exploration of the universe
for years to come, with unique capabilities

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that complement other telescopes like Webb.

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Five astronaut servicing missions, along with
an expert technical team on the ground, have

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kept the telescope at the peak of its scientific
capabilities.

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You can find out more about the Hubble Space
Telescope at our website: nasa.gov/hubble

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and on social media @NASAHubble.

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[ Image of NGC 1333 slowly zooms out, starting with a closeup of a red dust cloud into the full image. Filled with a dark dust and stars shining through, with a bright blue star at the top ]

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