CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — What better way to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s quarter-century in orbit than with cosmic fireworks?

On Thursday — one day before the 25th anniversary of Hubble’s launch — NASA released an image taken by the space telescope showing a brilliant breeding ground for stars. This stellar nursery is 20,000 light-years from Earth in the Constellation Carina.

NASA expects Hubble to keep producing first-class science for at least five more years.