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2011 (continued)
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1/10/2011
STScI-2011-01
21. Hubble Zooms in on a Space Oddity
A ghostly, glowing, green blob of gas has become one of astronomy's great cosmic mystery stories. The space oddity was spied in 2007 by Dutch high-school teacher... (More)
2010
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11/18/2010
STScI-2010-38
22. Hubble Captures New Life in an Ancient Galaxy
Elliptical galaxies were once thought to be aging star cities whose star-making heyday was billions of years ago. But new observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... (More)
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10/19/2010
STScI-2010-36
24. Pinwheel of Star Birth
This face-on spiral galaxy, called NGC 3982, is striking for its rich tapestry of star birth, along with its winding arms. The arms are lined with pink star-forming regions of glowing hydrogen... (More)
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8/10/2010
STScI-2010-24
27. An "Island Universe" in the Coma Cluster
A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, which lies 320 million light-years... (More)
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8/5/2010
STScI-2010-25
28. A Galactic Spectacle
A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in this composite... (More)
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2009
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11/18/2009
STScI-2009-30
32. Galaxy on Edge
The magnificent galaxy NGC 4710 is tilted nearly edge-on to our view from Earth. This perspective allows astronomers to easily distinguish the central bulge of stars from its pancake-flat... (More)
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9/9/2009
STScI-2009-25
35. Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)
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4/16/2009
STScI-2009-17
38. Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717
The most crowded collision of galaxy clusters has been identified by combining information from three different telescopes. This result gives scientists a chance to learn what happens... (More)
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