Hubble's 20 Years: Now We Are Six

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Equally memorable, from Hubble's early childhood years – ages five and six – is the "href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/nebulae/pillars-of-creation/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Pillars of Creation" image./>id="attachment_34922" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 590px">href="http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/EaglePillars.jpg">src="http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/EaglePillars.jpg" alt="" title="Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation (Credit NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (ASU)" width="580" height="572" class="size-full wp-image-34922" />class="wp-caption-text">Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation (Credit NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (ASU)