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Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Hubble Ultra Deep Field

It's hard to believe that the Hubble Space Telescope has been zipping around the globe for nearly 3 decades. That's over 160.000 orbits! During this time Hubble has made the most amazing and beautiful photos of the universe including the Hubble Deep Fields.
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Kepler: The Original Planet Hunter

Over 4000 exoplanets have been found by the Kepler Space Telescope. Launched in 2009 with its primary mission to find earth like planets. Kepler resembles the largest camera humanity has ever put in space with a sensor array of 42 CCDs totalling 95 mega pixels
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James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope

When launched in 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope will be the biggest and most advanced space telescope in ever created. Its gold plated primary mirror and giant sunshield are so massive that it has to be folded up like origami in order to fit in the rocket.
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