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Celebrating 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope

For more than two decades, telescope has brought the far reaches of the universe to Earth

Hubble space telescope in space

25 YEARS OF HUBBLE  The Hubble Space Telescope, one of humankind's sharpest eyes to ever peer into the universe, continues to explore cosmological frontiers that were undreamt of when it launched 25 years ago.

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By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

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On a chilly Saturday evening in March, unfazed by more than 6 inches of new snow, hundreds of people crowded into Shriver Hall at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to hear the East Coast premiere of “Cosmic Dust,” an orchestral piece set to images of deep space.