Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Happy birthday to...

the Hubble Space Telescope, 21 years old today.  Astronomers used the orbiting observatory to snap the image shown above, two interacting spiral galaxies (Arp 273) that resemble a rose, in order to celebrate the anniversary (click to enlarge).
Posted by J.P. Buchanan at 5:01 PM
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