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The Hubble is an optical telescope that orbits 370 miles (595 km) above the Earth. The telescope’s position in space enables it to take higher quality images of deep space than any ground-based telescope that must peer through the pollution and atmosphere on Earth. As a result, Hubble is able to capture spectacular images of very dark or distant objects that cannot be seen by telescopes on Earth.

The U.S. launched the Hubble in 1990, and though the Hubble has exceeded its estimated lifetime, many components are starting to fail, and the Hubble is expected to fall back to Earth sometime after 2010. So it seems like a good time to celebrate nearly 20 years of amazing space photography with this set of Top 10 Hubble Images.