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Incredible.

ACS Image of NGC 5866 ...


it looks like a magic wand, shattering in the night sky......

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

By Gum I love science me

Excellent stuff - thanks for the link

have to agree with all the comments above

They make me feel very relaxed and at peace whilst viewing these images.

Regardless of what we as individuals believe created it, we really should feel privileged to live at a time when we're able to appreciate what a truly amazing place the universe is. This is just the beginning. The Kepler telescope went into orbit at the weekend to look for Earth-like planets orbiting distant suns, and two more go up shortly to peer deeper than ever before into creation itself.

Although the images are great I have to throw the cat amongst the pigeons and say what a complete waste of money. What benefits will it bring mankind whether it be star gazing or navel gazing.

When much of the world is in recession, much of the world is starving and much of the world is at war I can think of better ways to spend millions and millions.

Just think one day we might even build a telescope powerful enough to photograph the Giant Spaghetti monsters noodley Appendage itself !!!!!

Until then these photos are a fantastic glimpse in to the universe past. Real time travel!
Stuff like this makes me so excited I could give Carl Sagan a piggyback around the block

Kevin Cann wrote:Although the images are great I have to throw the cat amongst the pigeons and say what a complete waste of money. What benefits will it bring mankind whether it be star gazing or navel gazing.

Lots. The photographs you see from the Hubble are only really something the scientists show us laypeople who know nothing about science because they're pretty. In reality, the data from hubble is much more accurate and contains much more than what we see in these pictures. The telescope tells us a lot about the world around us and data from the telescope has been used in thousands of scientific papers

When much of the world is in recession, much of the world is starving and much of the world is at war I can think of better ways to spend millions and millions.

If you genuinely care about the third world country, there are plenty of charities that you can donate both your time and money to. I expect more money is squandered on needless war than on science and charity.

Coincidentally, I'm having a couch potato day watching the whole HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon". Absolutely brilliant..... If you crank up the surround sound enough you almost expect a Saturn V to burst through the floorboards.....

Kevin Cann wrote:Although the images are great I have to throw the cat amongst the pigeons and say what a complete waste of money. What benefits will it bring mankind whether it be star gazing or navel gazing.

When much of the world is in recession, much of the world is starving and much of the world is at war I can think of better ways to spend millions and millions.

There's far more than enough money in government coffers the world over to feed, clothe, educate and provide proper healthcare for every single man, woman and child on Earth and STILL have more than enough left over to explore both inner and outer space in peace, forever.

The question I think we have to be asking is not why build Hubble, but why NOT do the other things?

I think that in the USA the Annual budget for NASA is only 5% of what goes on the defence budget.