Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hubble resumes science operations...

with this jaw-dropping image of a stellar explosion in NGC 6302, a planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius (click for a hi-res version.) Here's more about the return to service of the HST since Servicing Mission 4.

All I can say, as eloquently as possible, is WOW!

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team.

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