Hubble's Galaxy-Observing Superpowers

  • Released Thursday, May 4, 2017
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The Hubble Space Telescope is keeping watch over many, many galaxies using the combined superpowers of its incredible optics and a quirk of nature called gravitational lensing.

The full image package for galaxy cluster Abell 370 is available on the HubbleSite.

Learn more about the Frontier Fields program at http://www.stsci.edu/hst/campaigns/frontier-fields/

Music credit: "Midtown Moonshine" by Brent Woods [ASCAP] and Enrico Cacace [BMI]; Atmosphere Music Ltd PRS; Volta Music; Killer Tracks Production Music

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This page was originally published on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT.

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