Hubble's 15th anniversary

NASA has released two new images to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope - they are images of the Eagle Nebula and the Whirlpool Galaxy and are simply stunning - try having a look at the largest version that will fit on your screen. The resolution is so good that they can be enlarged to 3-foot by 6-foot and 4-foot by 6-foot respectively.

And according to this New Scientist story, once the Space Shuttle successfully returns to flight (scheduled for 22 May), the new chief of NASA is going to reconsider his predecessor's decision to cancel plans to do any more repairs to the telescope - so just maybe we will continue to be wowed by images of the universe beyond the expected failure date of 2007 or 2008.