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Obtained from the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, spectacular new high resolution images were yesterday released of the Horsehead Nebula in the constellation Orion.
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Following an announcement on Wednesday, NASA has released images of seven primitive galaxies they believe formed more than 13 billion years ago.
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Today NASA released a stunning photo of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362, made up of stars 10 billion years old. The photo shows a high concentration of stars with different colors, found 25,000 light-years from Earth.
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New NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope images of Holmberg II, a dwarf irregular galaxy, have revealed its blurry boundaries have been pocked by giant bubbles of glowing gas, where star-birth blew away dust and gas, and supernova shocks cleared out cavities.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the oldest object in the universe: Galaxy UDFy-38135539, which is approximately 600 million years old. However, scientists are already discussing the likelihood of discovering an object older than that.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision - the images show a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material.
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Pluto is cute. It’s an elegant little gold and black ball, and even if it’s no longer called a planet, I’d like to adopt it. Hubble took four years to put these pictures together, and they’re fuzzy but intriguing.
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Fixing the Hubble space telescope has allowed it to get on with its job, and the infrared images coming back are of truly primitive, tiny, galaxies. They’re 5 per cent the size of the Milky Way. The new information is opening up a lot of new questions.
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The Hubble is one of the most complex space telescopes ever launched. It has recently undergone major surgery but astronomers have declared it completely rejuvenated and have now released the first new images from the 19 year old observatory.
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The last Hubble servicing mission is high risk. Hazards include the inevitable space garbage, micro meteorites, and scheduling issues. Despite which, America’s ever-shriveling space program, to its credit, has managed to coax a mission into orbit.
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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy has completed the second segment of flight tests with its telescope door open to prepare the observatory for first mission.
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