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Hubble Reveals Secrets of a Celestial 'Blob'

Posted by michael on from the piercing-the-darkness dept.

tewl writes "Saw this on http://cnn.org/2000/TECH/space/10/09/hubble.nursery/index.html The nebula N 81 earned its nickname of "The Blob" because few of its features can be discerned ground-based telescopes. But the space-based Hubble telescope has afforded a closer look, revealing a stellar nursery at work within its cloudy confines."

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  1. Hubble is fine and dandy but... by affegott · · Score: 2

    ...when are we going to see some telescopes on the moon? Now that would be neat! But first, we need to get people interested in the space program again... hmmm. Oh well, I just hate it when the coolest thing that humans do keeps getting less and less funding...

    Peace out.