Hubble Space Telescope finishes 200,000 Earth orbits in style - while studying a warped star explosion

After more than 36 years in orbit and 1.7 million observations, Hubble continues to explore the universe and provide new insights into the cosmos.

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Click for next article The Hubble Space Telescope hovering above Earth. (Image credit: NASA) Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has now circled Earth 200,000 times, marking another extraordinary milestone for an observatory that was designed to operate for just 15 years.