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Must-see photo: Hubble telescope captures space smiley

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 10, 2015

Did the Hubble telescope capture a photo of an outer-space smiley face? Well, sort of.

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According to a Washington Post blog published Monday, Judy Schmidt spotted this image among Hubble's data and submitted it to Hubble's Hidden Treasures competition. 

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Although the image resembles an eerie extraterrestrial grin, it's just a photo of galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849. The "eyes" are two galaxies.

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