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The eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) focuses on a small patch of the constellation Fornax, containing some 5,500 galaxies. The image was culled from 10 years of photos of the same region of space shown in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which was last updated in 2009, based on data gathered in 2003 and 2004.

For the first time, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope were able to directly observe the matter spiraling in to a black hole.

With a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good rides Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission's fourth spacewalk on May 17, 2009.

Work with new tools is highly intricate, as dozens of pieces could hit and damage telescope.

Fueling has started on space shuttle Atlantis for its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.