Photographs: Hubble Space Telescope via Getty
Both these images - the Eagle Nebula, left, and the spiral galaxy M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, right - have been released by Nasa as the Hubble space telescope marks its 15th anniversary. Hubble has taken more than 700,000 images of the universe, but Nasa says these images are among the sharpest it has produced.
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