heic0606
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Hubble captures a 'five-star' rated gravitational lens
23-May-2006: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture of a distant quasar lensed into five images. In addition the image holds a treasure of lensed galaxies and even a supernova.
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heic0605
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Hubble provides spectacular view of ongoing comet breakup
27-Apr-2006: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is providing astronomers with extraordinary views of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 as it disintegrates before our eyes. Recent Hubble images have uncovered many ...
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heic0604
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Happy sweet sixteen, Hubble Space Telescope
24-Apr-2006: To celebrate the NASA-ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies are releasing this mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). It is the sharpest...
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heic0603
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Magellanic gemstones in the southern sky
18-Apr-2006: Hubble has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud - two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky.
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heic0602
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Largest ever Hubble galaxy portrait - stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy
28-Feb-2006: This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of "grand design spirals", and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the ...
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