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April of 2015 saw the 25th anniversary of the launch of the much-loved Hubble Space Telescope. To kick off the celebrations, the site of an old favorite image has been revisited in high definition. The "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula, taken in 1995, is one of Hubble's most famous pictures. For a sight of something that is majestic and beautiful, have a look at this hi def image of the Eagle Nebula taken in 2014.

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On April 24, 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope was launched. This year is the 25th anniversary. Definitely worth celebrating. Watch for #Hubble25.

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What does Hubble mean to you? For society? How has it inspired you?

ESA and the Hubble people have a competition Ode to Hubble that anyone can join in. The main rules are (1) an original creation (2) inspired by the space telescope or one of its images of discoveries and (3) can be uploaded “ as a YouTube, Vine and Instagram video less than three minutes long”.

I liked their two categories of under and over 25. The under 25s will have lived with Hubble all their lives. It may be more exciting for us oldies!

Educators, this could be a super project for kids, bringing art, science, writing all together.

Here's the page with the rules.

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Happy face galaxy cluster. It's galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 that seems to be smiling for the Hubble Space Telescope camera. The two orange eyes are bright galaxies. The apparent smile lines are gravitational lensing arcs. Lensing happens because the massive clusters bend the spacetime around them. This acts like a lens on the light coming from objects behind them. (Credit: NASA & ESA)

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Here is splendid image of a spiral galaxy being twisted out of shape by an ongoing merger with a nearby small companion galaxy. The wonderful Hubble Space Telescope has given us many insights into the beauty and violence of the cosmos.

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To celebrate Hubble's 25 years, here's a collection of 25 of the telescope's most famous images. You can just scroll through them in awed admiration or click to find out more about what you're seeing. Sensational.

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Here is a video entry in the #OdeToHubble competition. It's a beautiful compilation of nebular photos set to the music "Dust" by Hans Zimmer.

If you're inspired by Hubble, the competition is open until March 12. Click here for the details.

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Another entry in the #OdeToHubble 25th anniversary competition. This is a lovely digital painting by Tariq Shaar.

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Hubble captures distant dusty galaxy NGC 4424 where a supernova exploded in 2012. In the same image is a smaller galaxy, an even more distant spiral galaxy seen edge-on to us. Another bright object looks more interesting than it is - it's bright because it's much closer to us, as it's a foreground star within our own Milky Way.

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Voting begins tomorrow (March 4th) for the 25th Anniversary favorite Hubble image. Anybody can join in. It's not quite like an election, more like a tournament where the images are played off one against the other in a series of rounds. You can see and how the voting works here .

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