Hubble pictures are out of this world
Last updated at 10:21 26 April 2005
Some of the clearest images yet of life unfolding millions of kilometres out into the cosmos have been captured with stunning clarity by the Hubble telescope.
This image was released by Nasa to mark the space telescope's 15th anniversary this week. But it may well be among the last pictures ever beamed back to Earth by the telescope, which is likely to last for only another three years before it is decommissioned.
The image below shows the Whirlpool galaxy, another birthing site for stars.
Other pictures released include the Pillars of Creation that comprise the Eagle Nebula, the place in the cosmos where stars are born. This pillar alone is more than one light-year long, big enough to stretch from our Sun to its nearest stellar neighbour.
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