Astronomers like what they see from rejuvenated NASA Hubble Space Telescope
The signature balloon-shaped clouds of gas blown from a pair of massive stars called Eta Carinae, which have been prone to violent outbursts over the past 200 years
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New images from the rejuvenated, more powerful Hubble Space Telescope have universally delighted astronomers. Last week, observations from four of its six operating science instruments were released by NASA. They include colorful, multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely-packed star cluster, an eerie ‘pillar of creation’, and a ‘butterfly’ nebula.
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