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The Hubble Space Telescope has given us

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an incredible image for its 30th birthday.

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This image reveals a beautiful nursery
for new stars

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in a nearby satellite galaxy
to our own Milky Way.

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The bright, newly-formed stars
in the middle of this image

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are at least ten times more
massive than our Sun.

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Powerful radiation from these stars
is causing the surrounding gas

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to glow in stunning colors.

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The blue indicates oxygen gas

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heated to nearly 20,000
degrees Fahrenheit.

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The red indicates the presence
of nitrogen and hydrogen.

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Those massive stars are also
driving powerful winds

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of charged particles
which are sculpting out

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the bubble and ridge structures
we can see across the nebula.

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The blue nebula at the lower left
of the image is actually

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material ejected from a single
huge star in the center,

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that star is 200,000 times
brighter than our Sun.

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The whole region shows how
dynamic our universe is

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with stars continuing to form
and affect their surroundings.

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And it's Hubble's exquisite vision
from its orbit above Earth's atmosphere

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that gives us the ability to
get a clear glimpse

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of this kind of incredible
beauty and activity.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has
changed the way we think of space

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and our place in
the universe.

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Hubble has refined our understanding
of the age of the universe

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and its rate of expansion.

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And through its deep fields it has
peered across billions of light-years

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to reveal ancient,
adolescent galaxies

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we can compare with
our own Milky Way.

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It has shown us the
telltale effects

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of mysterious dark energy
and dark matter.

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And it has given us a front row
seat to these beautiful

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interstellar clouds, and nebulas,
where new stars

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and their surrounding disks
of dust and planets

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continue to form.

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Hubble is in excellent
technical health

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and is expected to continue
its exploration of the universe

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for quite a few years
to come.

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Multiple astronaut missions
to service

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the Hubble Space Telescope
over the years

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have kept Hubble at the
forefront of capability.

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With each servicing mission,
astronauts repaired,

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or replaced instrumentation,

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keeping Hubble better
than ever before.

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The final servicing mission in 2009
was extremely successful

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so that even today, Hubble is
more scientifically powerful

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and productive than
ever before.

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You can find out more about
the Hubble Space Telescope

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at the website: nasa.gov/hubble
and on social media @NASAHubble.

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