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The Youngest Galaxies of our Milky Way Revealed
Youngest Galaxies Revealed Astronomers have captured footage of the universe’s youngest galaxies. This is the earliest look at the youngest galaxies of our own Milky Way. The objects were cited in pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, combined with the data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The newly discovered galaxies are relatively small, [...]
Remarkable new image from the Hubble Space Telescope
The latest pictures include trademark Hubble visions – from colliding galaxies to exploding stars. Nasa says the orbiting telescope, regarded as one of the most important scientific tools ever built, should keep working until at least 2014. The Atlantis astronauts conducted five spacewalks, to install new instruments and thermal blankets, to repair two existing instruments, [...]