Over a month ago, the main computer on the Hubble Space Telescope went down, basically shutting down the entire suite of instruments. Fortunately, after several weeks of work, most of the instruments have been brought back online and HST is operational again. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates HST, released this gorgeous image of two interacting galaxies, taken shortly after the instruments came back online:
For more information: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/37/
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