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Picturing the Birth of a Planet

Posted by timothy on from the new-guts-for-good-shots dept.

techmaven writes with a different angle on the coming Hubble upgrade: "The Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to get a new camera when a servicing mission launches on February 28th, and astronomers say it will provide the best look yet at how planets are formed. Scientists also expect to have a much better chance of finding new things in outer space."

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  1. well.. by Noodlenose · · Score: 2, Funny
    first I want to see that baby make a smooth hardware reboot in space.

    I can just see it: "Your Computer was not shut down properly, please replace Hard Disk".

    Dirk