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The Hubble Space Telescope, our window to the universe, turns 25 today

2015-04-23 21:30:21| Extremetech

Happy Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope. As the venerable observatory turns 25, we examine its past and future.

The Hubble Space Telescope turns 25 here are the best 25 images

2015-04-10 14:00:29| Extremetech

Hubble has been in space for a quarter century. In advance of its 25th anniversary this month, here are the coolest things it has seen in that time.

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NASA confirms Hubble telescope successor is on-time, on-budget for 2018

2015-03-30 20:26:28| Extremetech

NASA has confirmed that the James Webb Space Telescope is on-time and on-budget after years of delays and cost overruns. Can the telescope still launch on time and achieve its scientific targets?

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Hubble captures the first full-color, high-res photo of the very early universe

2014-06-04 19:28:09| Extremetech

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most colorful and detailed image of the early universe -- officially dubbed the Ultra Deep Field 2014 -- with galaxies that date back to just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. While many of the blobs in the photo might look like stars, every single point of light is an entire galaxy -- around 10,000 of them, in case you were wondering -- each containing millions or billions of stars.

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