On June 13, 2021, the Hubble Space Telescope’s payload computer unexpectedly came to a halt.
Video about the problem and how they fixed it. https://youtu.be/onYsPY-n-3M
Hubble returned to full science operations July 17, 2021.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/hubble-returns-to-full-science-observations-and-releases-new-images
New images, follow link for larger size. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01faxk0ed0mvrj76p55cbb66rh.png
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Newer image from Aug 13, 2021. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-peers-into-a-dusty-stellar-nursery
The image below is from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini.
At the center of the image, a massive star is forming and blasting cavities through the clouds with a pair of powerful jets, extending to the top right and bottom left of the image. Light from this star is mostly escaping and reaching us by illuminating these cavities, like a lighthouse piercing through the storm clouds. Stars are born in dusty environments and although this dust makes for spectacular images, it can prevent astronomers from seeing stars embedded in it. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument is designed to capture detailed images in both visible and infrared light, meaning that the young stars hidden in vast star-forming regions like AFGL 5180 can be seen much more clearly.
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