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Hubble Space Telescope clocks up 20 years

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Nature looks at a troubled history, some remarkable discoveries and the future of the instrument.

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See Nature's Hubble Space Telescope special, which includes more than 15 years of freely accessible news stories as well as a slideshow and selected research papers.

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Sanderson, K. Hubble Space Telescope clocks up 20 years. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.195

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