Deep-Space Photos: Hubble’s Greatest Hits

On April 24, 1990, the telescope named after the great astronomer Edwin Hubble burst through earth’s atmosphere and it has been taking photos of the edges of the known Universe ever since. Shortly after its launch, the Hubble snapped a photo of NGC 4261, an elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor

This 1942 newsreel shows the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York City pier (from the Prelinger Archive, Libary of Congress)

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