Upgraded Hubble telescope spies cosmic 'dragon'


The new and improved Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a dragon-shaped cosmic mirage and other celestial wonders, showing it is working better than ever following its latest repairs in May. Seven NASA astronauts visited Hubble in May on a space shuttle mission to install a new camera and spectrograph, repair two older instruments, and install new batteries as well as new gyroscopes needed to keep the orbiting observatory properly oriented in space.
On Wednesday, scientists released some spectacular new images that demonstrate Hubble is performing well following the upgrades. See a gallery of the new Hubble images

Full article by David Shiga on New Scientist

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