Photo: Hubble Camera Power Glitch Fixed, NASA Announces



NASA and the European Space Agency released this high-resolution image of the so-called Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82, on April 24 to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope.

The telescope's newest ultra-high-resolution camera is back in business, NASA managers announced this afternoon, after several days of inactivity due to a power failure.

Image courtesy NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage team at the Space Telescope Science Institute


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