The Hubble Space Telescope is in low Earth orbit, 320 miles (515 kilometers) above the planet, placing it above most of the atmosphere. Its orbit is inclined at 28.5

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos taken by the telescope orbiting above Earth's surface.

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has revealed that supermassive black holes nestle at the heart of most large galaxies,