Universe, we have a problem: NASA's investigating an outage on the Hubble Space Telescope

By Kristen Rogers, CNN

Updated 7:06 AM ET, Fri June 25, 2021

Hubble captured an image of three galaxies in a tug-of-war millions of light-years from Earth. This system is known as Arp 195 and was included in the <a href="https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/paper.pdf" target="_blank">Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies</a>.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble captured an image of three galaxies in a tug-of-war millions of light-years from Earth. This system is known as Arp 195 and was included in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
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Hubble took this image of the rare blue variable star AG Carinae, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, to celebrate the 31st anniversary of its launch. The star has experienced several explosions that created its distinctive halo.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble took this image of the rare blue variable star AG Carinae, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, to celebrate the 31st anniversary of its launch. The star has experienced several explosions that created its distinctive halo.
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The Orion Nebula is 1,500 light-years from Earth and is located in<strong> </strong>Orion's Belt in the constellation Orion. It's one of the brightest nebulae -- and on a clear, dark night it's visible to the naked eye. The nebula is Earth's nearest star-forming region.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
The Orion Nebula is 1,500 light-years from Earth and is located in Orion's Belt in the constellation Orion. It's one of the brightest nebulae -- and on a clear, dark night it's visible to the naked eye. The nebula is Earth's nearest star-forming region.
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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
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Hubble has given us many images of our neighbor Mars. This image was taken in 2003 when Mars made its closest approach in nearly 60,000 years. On August 27, 2003, the two worlds were only 34.6 million miles apart from center to center. By contrast, Mars can be about 249 million miles away from Earth.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble has given us many images of our neighbor Mars. This image was taken in 2003 when Mars made its closest approach in nearly 60,000 years. On August 27, 2003, the two worlds were only 34.6 million miles apart from center to center. By contrast, Mars can be about 249 million miles away from Earth.
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Hubble snapped this image in 2007 of Ganymede appearing to peek out from beneath Jupiter. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, and it's even bigger than Mercury.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble snapped this image in 2007 of Ganymede appearing to peek out from beneath Jupiter. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, and it's even bigger than Mercury.
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Hubble captured this image of Saturn in 2004, a view so sharp that some of the planet's smaller rings are visible.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble captured this image of Saturn in 2004, a view so sharp that some of the planet's smaller rings are visible.
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Hubble tracked clouds on Uranus in this image taken in 1997. The image is a composite of three near-infrared images. The planet's rings are prominent in the near infrared. Eight of Uranus' 27 moons can be seen in both images. Uranus is about 1.75 billion miles from Earth.
Photos: 31 years of Hubble telescope images
Hubble tracked clouds on Uranus in this image taken in 1997. The image is a composite of three near-infrared images. The planet's rings are prominent in the near infrared. Eight of Uranus' 27 moons can be seen in both images. Uranus is about 1.75 billion miles from Earth.
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