The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) turns 30 on this Friday (24 April)!

HST is jointly operated by NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) and is one of the most important observatories in history. Since 24 April 1990, HST keeps orbiting around the Earth 24 hours a day, including on our birthday. It has made over 1 million observations and sent us numerous stunning images, transforming our understanding of the universe.

NASA is celebrating HST's 30th anniversary with a special event that allows us to find photos HST took on our birthday. These stunning images include the details of various planets, the key moment of birth and death of stars, and many others.

For instance, on the birthday of the Space Museum, the HST captured thousands of galaxies, some of which are as far as 12 billion light-years away. This image is part of the results of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) which enables astronomers to study the formation and evolution of galaxies in the distant, early Universe. Apart from our Milky Way Galaxy, there are zillions of galaxies out there in the Universe. Each galaxy contains billions of stars and it is possible an exoplanet that harbours life is just hanging out there! Want to know what did Hubble look at on your birthday? Just click on the link https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday

On this important day, we wish to express our gratitude to HST for its great contributions to astronomy over the past 30 years. We believe there is still many more to come and let's enjoy the journey of exploring the vast and mysterious universe together!