1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,377 To celebrate Hubble’s 35th anniversary in orbit, scientists premiered four new images. 2 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:19,719 From shots of the solar system, to star forming regions, and a breathtaking galaxy, Hubble never ceases to amaze. 3 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:30,964 Here are a few of the achievements from Hubble’s 35th year in orbit. 4 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:37,871 Within our Solar System 5 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:49,582 Recent observations show that the Great Red Spot is wobbling and fluctuating in size, speed, and shape. 6 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:57,524 Scientists predict the storm will continue to shrink and eventually stabilize. 7 00:00:57,524 --> 00:01:11,704 Using data from Hubble and MAVEN, astronomers measured how much water escaped Mars’ atmosphere over time. 8 00:01:11,704 --> 00:01:19,979 These studies help us understand planets in our own solar system… 9 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:26,820 …as well as the evolution of Earth-size planets around other stars. 10 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:36,529 In 2024, Hubble celebrated 10 years of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy, or OPAL program. 11 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:47,674 OPAL collected annual observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to understand their atmospheric dynamics. 12 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:57,150 These planets also serve as proxies for understanding the weather and climate on worlds orbiting other stars. 13 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:05,091 Beyond our Solar System 14 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:13,933 Hubble caught a rare class of star known as a "blue lurker… 15 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:21,341 …hidden deep within the open star cluster M67, roughly 2,800 light-years away. 16 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:29,682 The blue lurker blends in with other stars but is spinning much faster than expected… 17 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:37,257 …due to its siphoning of material from a companion star that causes its rotation to speed up. 18 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:46,733 While normal Sun-like stars typically rotate once in about 30 days, the lurker takes only four days. 19 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:58,344 Hubble revisited a star system that erupted in a nova 40 years ago: HM Sagittae. 20 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:12,592 It found surprising clumps and jets of gas still expanding from the explosion. 21 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:23,403 Studying these remnants helps scientists understand how binary stars evolve, and how some may one day explode again. 22 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:31,211 Hubble revealed new details about the outburst of a young star named FU Orionis… 23 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:39,819 …showing that its accretion disk outshined the star, making the system 100 times more luminous than our Sun. 24 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:52,865 This rare event is a front-row seat to the dramatic growth spurts young stars can have as they gather material from surrounding disks. 25 00:03:52,865 --> 00:04:01,541 Beyond our Galaxy 26 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:08,948 Buried deep within a pair of colliding galaxies, astronomers observed a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting closer together than any other confirmed duo of their kind. 27 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:16,489 They are approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using Hubble and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 28 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:29,636 The pair is fueled by infalling gas and dust, causing them to shine brightly. 29 00:04:29,636 --> 00:04:40,213 The Andromeda Galaxy, our close galactic neighbor, holds over 1 trillion stars. 30 00:04:40,213 --> 00:04:49,822 Recent Hubble surveys mapped the galaxy’s entire disk, an effort spanning a decade and over 1,000 orbits. 31 00:04:49,822 --> 00:05:02,802 The resulting image has over 2.5 billion pixels that show everything from young stars to remnants of past galactic collisions. 32 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:11,878 Using Hubble, astronomers found more black holes in the early universe than previously reported… 33 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:16,482 …challenging current theories. 34 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:25,425 This suggests that these powerful objects formed faster and more often than previously thought. 35 00:05:25,425 --> 00:05:33,599 The discovery helps refine our understanding of how the universe evolved in its earliest stages. 36 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:44,744 Hubble also released an abundance of beautiful images… 37 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:56,356 After 35 years, Hubble keeps expanding our knowledge of the cosmos. 38 00:05:56,356 --> 00:06:17,276 Follow us on social media @NASAHubble