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9 billion years later see star explode
For the first time ever, the Hubble telescope captured these rare images of a supernova and a phenomenon known as Einstein #39;s Cross.

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The Hubble Space Telescope - EARTHS EYE IN THE UNIVERSE - NEW Space Documentary
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The universe is smiling down on usalmost literally. The Hubble Telescope has captured a "smiley face" in space: two bright yellow eyes (a cluster of galaxies called SDSS J1038+4849), a white nose, and a faint smile and incomplete circle around the entire face.

But those curving lines "don't existor at least not in the form that we see them in the photo," writes Michelle Starr at CNET. As SpaceTelescope.org reports, galaxy clusters have a mammoth gravitational pull, and at Slate, astronomer Phil Plait explains why in pretty easy-to-understand terms: The cluster holds trillions of stars, which is "a lot of mass, and a lot of gravity." J1038 is roughly 4.5 billion light-years away, and past it, at a distance of 7.5 billion light-years, are additional galaxies.

When those galaxies' light passes through the area that's been altered by the cluster's gravity, the light is bent. The phenomenon is called gravitational lensing, and the "strongest" example of it is called an Einstein ring, as in the Hubble image.

As Starr writes, such rings "only occur when the source of the original light, gravitational lens, and observer are in exact alignment in a straight line." Though the observer in this case was Hubble, the image surfaced thanks to Judy Schmidt, who submitted the image via the "Hubble's Hidden Treasures" effort, which invites armchair astronomers to search the massive Hubble archive for "iconic" photos the public has never seen.

This image was released by NASA yesterday. The phenomenon of seeing non-existent faces in thingsit's known as face pareidoliahas been known for centuries, and last year, researchers confirmed that it's perfectly normal and relates to how our brains are wired.

Among the better-known instances of this occurring: the "Virgin Mary tree," "Google Earth Jesus," and "Griddle Virgin."

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HUBBLE Telescope: A Look at ARP 273 - The Rose Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope
Combining existing videos and images from NASA and ESA with new footage , we take a new and closer look at ARP 273 the Rose Galaxy Bringing you the BEST Space and Astronomy videos online....

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How a star explosion tests Einstein #39;s Theory of Relativity
A team of international scientists studying space using the Hubble Telescope found a supernova explosion appeared multiple times in different places due to the impact of gravitation on light....

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New MUSE Instrument Sees Farther Than Hubble Telescope | Video
More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - ESOcast 72 explores the new MUSE instrument on ESO #39;s Very Large Telescope, which has given astronomers the best ever ...

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Hubble Telescope and Saturn #39;s Auroras
This animation shows the fluttering aurorae that light up both of Saturn #39;s poles. Created by the interaction of the solar wind with the planet #39;s magnetic fie...

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NASA is getting ready to put part of the James Webb Space Telescope through a litany of cryogenic challenges that will simulate space.

The goal is to make sure the space telescope, which is set to launch in 2018 and be the eventual successor to the immensely successful Hubble Space Telescope, will be fully operational when it reaches its freezing destination 1 million miles from Earth.

NASA researchers will be watching especially close to see how the telescope performs in the newly renovated space simulating Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The vacuum chamber is the same place where the Apollo spacecraft were tested.

Moving even a test part of what NASA said is the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built is no small feat. With the 3,000-pound Pathfinder Backplane in a clean room at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the team glided in a shipping container on air pads, a move NASA likened to a puck on an air hockey table.

Using a crane, engineers were then able to lift the part and safely lower it into the Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea (STTARS), which was then hooked up to a semi truck that plodded along at a gentle 5 mph to the nearby Joint Base Andrews.

The largest cargo plane in the United States fleet, a C-5 military plane, then had the honor of flying to the engineers in Texas what will surely be a vital piece of space history.

We've got to test the test, Andrew Booth, a NASA engineer, said in a statement. "That's why this Pathfinder is so valuable because it will ensure the testing on the actual telescope is accurate."

The telescope is named for James Webb, a former NASA administrator, and is a collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.

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The Hubble telescope just snapped a picture of an emoji. Seriously.
We #39;re seeing emoji everywhere these days! You probably have a friend who sends entire text messages made of nothing but emoji faces. Now even the Hubble tele...

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Galaxy Merger Caught by Hubble Telescope
A spiral galaxy gets twisted out of shape after coming too close to a cosmic neighbor in a gorgeous photo captured by NASA #39;s Hubble Space Telescope. The spir...

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