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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pillars of Creation (original) Hubble took the original image in 1995, and 20 years later the telescope photographed it again with a new camera. This version of the image was released for Hubble’s 25th anniversary (opens in new tab) in 2015.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pillars of Creation After the Hubble’s 30 years in space, this image remains one of its most iconic. The Pillars of Creation depicts a jet-like feature that astronomers say has grown by about 96.5 billion kilometres, based on comparisons of pictures taken between 1995 and 2014.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hubble takes sharp pictures of objects in the sky such as planets, stars and galaxies. Hubble has made more than one million observations. These include detailed pictures of the birth and death of stars, galaxies billions of light years away, and comet pieces crashing into Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -Helped pin down the age for the universe now known to be 13.8 billion years, roughly three times the age of Earth. Discovered two moons of Pluto, Nix and Hydra. Helped determine the rate at which the universe is expanding. Discovered that nearly every major galaxy is anchored by a black hole at the centre.