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HR8799

What Hubble Brings Us or, Patience is a Virtue

The Hubble space telescope, now active for nearly 20 years, continues to send back images that amaze and astound scientists. And it's not only the newest pictures being sent that are providing all of the "ooh" moments these days. Scientists studying land-based telescope views discovered a gassy planet orbiting a nearby star (HR 8799), and then went back to images