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Hubble Takes 100,000th Picture

Posted by michael on from the buy-two-prints,-get-5x7-free dept.

Defector!!! writes: "Seems that the Hubble has hit 100,000. Oh, and it also found some direct evidence of colliding galaxies too..."

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  1. Hi-Res Images by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 2

    Wow, what a great shot. The Space Telescope Science Institude has their own news item with some _nice_ hi-res versions.

    Hats off to the Hubble project. This has certainly been one of the most successful and productive NASA projects of the last decade or so.

    1. Re:Hi-Res Images by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 2

      Good point. Aside from mounds of scientific data, amazing high-res images of the universe are something the general public can certainly understand and appreciate.