10 spectacular images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

This stunning image of Jupiter was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth. It also features Jupiter's icy moon Europa on the left.

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This gorgeous image is of a giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020, captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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This mesmerising image is of the Eagle Nebula captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It shows large pillars of gas and dust glowing in different colours.

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This spectacular image is of the GAL-CLUS-0220258s galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. It is also known as "Molten Ring".

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Here's a stunning image of the NGC 2525 galaxy. It is located 70 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis.

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This captivating image shows a star cluster Westerlund 2 and its surroundings show gas and dust glowing in different colours.

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This marvellous image is of the star-forming region NGC 3603, containing massive young star clusters. It shows gas and dust surrounding the stars in blue and orange colours.

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This astounding image shows an emission nebula called the Bubble Nebula located 8000 light-years away from Earth.

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This beautiful picture is of the Antennae Galaxies, two galaxies named NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 colliding in space.

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This wonderful image is of the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33. It shows a large plume of dust and gas glowing in orange colour in the constellation Orion.

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