Hubble Space Telescope

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This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the dwarf planet Pluto. The image shows an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal surface color and brightness changes.

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This image provided by NASA Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 shows a mystery object that was discovered on Jan. 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...

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This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a snapshot of when the universe was just a toddler, 600 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest image yet.

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This image provided by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009 shows hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouping,...

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This recent photo provided by NASA and the European Space Agency, and captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light. The faintest and reddest objects in the image are galaxies that formed 600 million years after the Big Bang...

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This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and provided by NASA shows a close-up of an area in the northwest region of the large Iris Nebula seems to be clogged with cosmic dust. With bright light from the nearby star HD 200775 illuminating it from above, the dust resembles thick mounds...

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This image provided by NASA Monday Nov. 23, 2009 shows the Crab Nebula that is one of the most studied objects in the sky, making it a cosmic icon. X-ray data from Chandra provide significant clues to the workings of this mighty cosmic "generator," which is producing energy at the rate of...

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"Moving Beyond Earth," a new exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum, that features two new items from the Hubble Space Telescope, is seen at the museum in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The new gallery leaves plenty of room to add new artifacts in the coming years as NASA...

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"Costar," a detail of which is seen here, was used to correct focus in the Hubble Space Telescope, and is one of two new pieces from Hubble displayed in "Moving Beyond Earth," a new exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum, is seen at the museum in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 18,...

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This image provided by NASA Tuesday Nov. 11, 2009 shows observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory in a collaboration to produce an unprecedented image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy using infrared light and...

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Harlem Globetrotters mascot Globie parachutes on to the grounds of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. to deliver the team ball that was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in May.

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Carried aboard a NASA 747, the space shuttle Atlantis begins its takeoff roll as it departs the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. , enroute to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the last leg of STS-125, its mission to repair the Hubble space...

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Before sunrise, crew members prepare a NASA 747 with the space shuttle Atlantis as it prepares to depart the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. , enroute to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the last leg of STS-125, its mission to repair the...

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Seen through shimmering desert heat, the space shuttle Atlantis is framed by a pair of Joshua trees after it touched down at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. , at the conclusion of mission STS-125 to repair the Hubble space telescope, Sunday, May 24,...

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The space shuttle Atlantis drag chute deploys as it touches down at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. , at the conclusion of mission STS-125 to repair the Hubble space telescope, Sunday, May 24, 2009.

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In this image from NASA TV and with a model of the Hubble Space Telescope floating in the foreground, the crew of the Shuttle Atlantis wave after testifying from space to a Senate committee hearing, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Front from left, Gregory Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur. Rear...

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This image provided by NASA shows the Hubble Space Telescope after it's release from the Space Shuttle Atlantis Tuesday May 19, 2009 as the two spacecraft continue their relative separation after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were...

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In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo released by NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis as the two spacecraft continue their relative separation, after having been linked together for the better part of a week.

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In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo released by NASA, the Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm lifts the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay before releasing the orbital observatory to start it on its way back home to observe the universe.

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In this photo provided by NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is shown prior to its release Tuesday May, 19, 2009. A rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope, more powerful than ever, departed the space shuttle Tuesday and sailed off for new discoveries. Hubble, considered to be at its prime following...

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In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Atlantis' remote manipulator system (RMS), participates in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to refurbish and upgrade the...

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In this photo provided by NASA, astronauts John Grunsfeld, left, and Andrew Feustel, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday May 18, 2009. Spacewalking...

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In this image from NASA TV astronauts John Grunsfeld, left, and Andrew Feustel work to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope during a spacewalk, Monday, May 18, 2009. This is the fifth and final repair mission for the 19-year-old telescope.

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In this photo released by NASA, astronaut Mike Massimino is photographed through a window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis Sunday, May 17, 2009 during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

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In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Andrew Feustel, left, STS-125 mission specialist, navigates near the Hubble Space Telescope on the end of the remote manipulator system arm, controlled from inside Atlantis' crew cabin as astronaut John Grunsfeld, right, signals to his crew mate...

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In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Michael Good, left, works with the Hubble Space Telescope in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis, Friday, May 15, 2009. Astronauts Good, left, and Mike Massimino participate in the second session of STS-125 extravehicular activity,...

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In this photo provided Thursday, May 14, 2009, by NASA shows astronaut Andrew Feustel, mission specialist, performing work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a week's work on the orbiting observatory. The shuttle is perched on the end of the Canadian-built...

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In this image made from NASA TV the Hubble Space Telescope is seen, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of formidable spacewalking repairs.

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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday May 11, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Seven astronauts are beginning a 12-day mission that includes the fifth and final servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Space shuttle Atlantis commander Scott D. Altman waves back to NASA employees and family before entering the astrovan at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canveral, Fla. Monday May 11, 2009. Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift-off Monday afternoon on a final mission to the Hubble...