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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a fluffy-looking galaxy 67 million light-years away. The galaxy's center is quiet, since early star formation used up all its gas long ago. Two upcoming NASA telescopes will succeed Hubble and capture our own galaxy and the universe beyond in unprecedented detail. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. NASA's most powerful space telescope, Hubble, captured a uniquely...

A new space telescope launched into Earth orbit Wednesday morning. The CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) was originally scheduled to launch on Tuesday, but the launch sequence was interrupted just 1 hour and 25 minutes before liftoff. The telescope is expected to take an unprecedented look at planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. CHEOPS will try to determine whether exoplanets are made of...