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Happy birthday Hubble, 25 today! Look back to where it all began

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Happy birthday Hubble, 25 today! Look back to where it all began

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced some fabulous images over the past 25 years – and this is the mirror that made them all possible (eventually)

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Nice legs: Native American bee poses for his close-up

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Nice legs: Native American bee poses for his close-up

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Record-breaking winds sculpt mountaintop ice

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Record-breaking winds sculpt mountaintop ice

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Abandoned underground railway preserved in 3D scan

Abandoned underground railway preserved in 3D scan

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Reverse silhouettes capture the beauty of nature

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Reverse silhouettes capture the beauty of nature

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My little fetal pony wins top Wellcome photo prize

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My little fetal pony wins top Wellcome photo prize

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Kangaroo frozen in time by red dust storm

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Kangaroo frozen in time by red dust storm

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Giant robot eyes scan stars for dust

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Giant robot eyes scan stars for dust

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Tiny bat makes home in a carnivorous plant

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Tiny bat makes home in a carnivorous plant

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See one of the world's dirtiest jobs: e-waste disposal

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See one of the world's dirtiest jobs: e-waste disposal

This tiny workshop is one of thousands in China where our gadgets go to die – poisoning land and people on their way out

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Monstrous algal bloom erupts in world's largest lake

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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This baby coral will grow up to patch ailing reefs

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A drowned town has resurfaced – population one

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