StarryCritters - What do you see in the night sky?

Striking Starry Eye Explore the clumps, rings and strands of cold gas and dust in this striking image of the Helix Nebula from the European Southern Observatory. Read the Full Story

Diffuse Butterfly A faint and diffuse butterfly shape surrounds the remains of a galactic collision from long ago in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Read the Full Story

Most Amazing Blue Marble Dive across the Western Hemisphere from western California to the Yucatan Peninsula in this 'Blue Marble' image of Earth from NASA's Suomi NPP. Read the Full Story

Super S Explore the swirling dusty lanes, pink nebulae and blue supergiants throughout the super S shape of the classical spiral galaxy M100 in this NASA/ESA Hubble image. Read the Full Story

Introducing Hubble Star Cards

IGES/NASA Hubble Gold Star WinnerThe Hubble Star Card playing card game provides teachers and students a fun and exciting way to explore the universe using imagery from the orbiting telescope. The images on the cards motivate and engage students to read while developing strategies in learning about objects in space.

The game set includes 60 cards categorized by planets, planetary nebulae, supernova remnants, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies. The cards include an image, a basic description, a key to the type of object, location in the sky, constellation, and distance from Earth.

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