The Hubble Space Telescope is a a truly remarkable Thing that never ceases to amaze me. It's been going round and round the earth at about 17,000 miles per hour for the last 26 years and it's racked up over three
billion flight miles.
But, just in time for America's Independence Day, Hubble outdid itself by sending back this stellar display of 'fireworks' from the galaxy Kiso 5639:
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What you're looking at is an explosion of newborn stars on one end of Kiso 5639, which is about 82 million light years from Earth. NASA says the spectacular display is due to "intergalactic gas raining on one end of the galaxy as it drifts through space."
No matter what you have planned or what fireworks show you're planning to attend, there's
no one on Earth who can outdo Mother Nature
this 4
th of July.
See you next week,
Bobby
