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Zoltan Levay makes distant galaxies beautiful

ICON To celebrate the Hubble telescope’s 25th anniversary, Zoltan Levay and other astronomers reimaged the famous Pillars of Creation.

Hubble Heritage Team/Hubble/NASA, ESA

By Ashley Yeager

- More than 2 years ago

Pat Izzo/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
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An astronomer by training but a photographer at heart, Zoltan Levay creates images of the cosmos with one of humankind’s most advanced optical instruments: the Hubble Space Telescope.