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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.

It was an instrument that much of the astronomical community didn't want, but times change: to get time now on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, an astronomer usually faces competition from at least 11 other eager scientists.

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  1. Katharine Sanderson
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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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