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what do all of these stunning cosmic

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images have in common

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they were all photographed by the hubble

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advanced camera for surveys

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this instrument called acs for short is

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the camera that conducts surveys of the

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universe

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think about the images you've seen of

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deep space

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of brilliant clusters of stars

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vibrant nebulae and distant galaxies

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it's likely that so many of those images

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from photos you see online

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to pictures you see in your own mind

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when you think about the cosmos

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were initially captured by the hubble

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the acs is a sharper and more efficient

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camera than its predecessor

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allowing it to do more astronomical

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its now famous photos have completely

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transformed our perception of the cosmos

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the acs has made thousands of

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observations crucial to advancing

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astronomy

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but some of its greatest moments will

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always stand out

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the incredible resolution of the acs

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allowed astronomers to see individual

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stars in the andromeda galaxy and to

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measure their tiny motions across the

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sky

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these tiny motions

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showed that the andromeda galaxy and our

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own milky way will collide

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but the most important observation taken

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by the acs has got to be the hubble

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ultra deep field

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an unprecedented deep look at the cosmos

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revealing galaxies too small and faint

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to be seen by ground-based telescopes

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forever changing our view of the distant

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one of the most exciting things about

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the acs is that it so often reveals what

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we're not even looking for

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take the tadpole galaxy image a stunning

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view of a distorted galaxy located 420

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million light years away

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but look closer

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perhaps what's most interesting is

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what's behind the tadpole

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thousands of galaxies unexpectedly

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just because the acs is so good at its

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with sharp image quality and high

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sensitivity the acs detects the most

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distant objects in space

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searches for massive planets

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studies the evolution of galaxies

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and makes the universe look great while

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doing it

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hubble's advanced camera for surveys has

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been crucial to humanity's understanding

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of the universe