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Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth. (Credit: NASA)
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A portion of the Eagle Nebula nicknamed the Pillars of Creation. The column-like pillars of cosmic dust are shaped by the radiation and winds from massive, nearby stars as well as young stars within the immediate vicinity. (Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble…
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The Antennae galaxies, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The interacting galaxies are undergoing what is known as a starburst, wherein rapid star formation is taking place throughout much of their expanses. Regions where new stars have…
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Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Comparison of basic gray-scale images of a field of stars in the 30 Doradus Nebula. (a) Ground-based image obtained under conditions of good seeing. (b) Same star field at the same scale taken with the Hubble Space Telescope before the first…
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A depiction of gravitational lensing, in which foreground galaxy clusters (center) distort the light from a distant, background object, such as a galaxy (right), on its way to being received by the Hubble Space Telescope (left). (Credit: NASA/ESA)
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A view of nearly 10,000 galaxies known as the Hubble Deep Field. Gathering enough light for this image required 800 exposures for a total exposure time of 11.3 days, taken over the course of 400 Hubble orbits around Earth. [Credit: NASA, ESA, and S.…
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Gymnomenia virgulata Scheltema from a depth of 620 m (2000 ft) off Walvis Bay, Namibia. (a) Entire specimen, anterior to right, long cilia extending from the pedal pit. (b, c) Posterior and anterior ends, respectively. (d) Ventral view of a,…
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The Earth at the time of the summer and winter solstices. The dates may vary because of the extra one-fourth day in the year.
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Living and fossil Monoplacophora. (a) Neopilina galatheae. (b) Tryblidium reticulatum. (After R. C. Moore, ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, pt. I, 1957)
