Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula
Nebulae are thought to be the factories in which stars are formed as they consist of great clouds of space dust. This picture, coined the "Pillars of Creation", was taken in 1995. The step shape is caused by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, which is made up of 4 different cameras. One of these cameras can take magnified photos, so in order to fit it has to be reduced in size.
What's In A Name?
The name of the now famous telescope takes after the brilliant American astronomer Edwin Hubble who, apart from demonstrating that the Universe consisted of more than one galaxy, through his work on the Doppler effect showed that the Universe was expanding - paving the way for the Big Bang theory.
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