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Samantha Mathewson

SHOCKING: Hubble telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction photo - You Need To See This

Hubble space telescope of a distant galaxy, showing dots of bright pink that represent active star birth.

The aging but tenacious Hubble Space Telescope has beamed back yet another stunning photo of a distant galaxy. 

Hubble's latest view captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059, which lies about 57 million light-years from Earth. The photo, released on June 7, was taken in May using the space telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument as part of a broader galactic study, according to a statement from NASA. 

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