“It’s time for the warmest wishes…and eating your illegitimate children.”

Were there just not enough photos to choose from or was this really the best?

The Hubble Space Telescope was in sad shape, facing both obsolescence, a lack of public awareness and a failing backup unit that would have turned it into a very complicated piece of space debris. NASA’s Service Mission Four, however, has changed all that, rejuvenating the Hubble’s existing instruments and outfitting it with six new operating instruments.

Topping the list of new views are colorful pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely packed star cluster, …

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