The Hubble Telescope is 20 Years Old

[Recusant]

It was one of the better investments the government of the US ever made, in my opinion, providing the world with knowledge, and beauty such as we had not encountered before. It will be a terrible shame when it likely dies from neglect.

Classic Hubble Hits | msnbc

Messier 101

[xSilverPhinx]

Definitely. It's a privilege to be able to see these things today

Here's a site containing 40 astrophotographs taken with the Hubble telescope.

One of the coolest IMO is the Pillars Of Creation, of the Eagle Nebula.



Edited to add one of the best supernova pics around:



It's also cool to know that many heavier chemical elements can from such destructive events such as these

It's like they say, the stars died for you

[Buddy]

Wow! That is so cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Tank]

The Hubble is some of the best money ever spent on a scientific endeavour in my opinion. That and the voyage of the Beagle