The coming end of Hubble

The last service mission for the the Hubble Space Telescope has been cancelled, so it looks like its lifetime will be over in just a few years, before there will even be the next generation of space telescope up there. Whatever reasons – money, security,… – cause the final decision, it’s definately a big loss for science.

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XBONG

Who would have thought XBONG stands for X-ray bright optically normal galaxy… 😉