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Hubble has been busy since coming back online

The space telescope orbiting Earth has been studying red dwarf flares

galaxy cluster

SAY CHEESE  This image of a faraway galaxy cluster, released November 2, was taken with Hubble before the space telescope’s recent malfunctions. Hubble returned to work on October 26.

Hubble/NASA and ESA, Judy Schmidt (geckzilla)

By Jennifer Leman

- More than 2 years ago

Hubble worried astronomers when it ran into unexpected trouble recently, forcing mission scientists to put it into safe mode while they sorted the problem out.