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The Pillars of Creation sit in the Eagle Nebula some 7,000 light-years away, will disappear in about 3 million years

The telescope is now under construction on the island of Maui in Hawaii, should be up and running by 2019

The burst was produced some 5.5 billion light-years from Earth, scientists are yet to figure out what caused it

Astronomers say the speeding galaxy somehow managed to survive the impact with the cluster it ripped through

The distant galaxy cluster, known as Gioiello, was weighed with the help of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory

The hot stars featured in this image are part and parcel of a cluster known to astronomer as Messier 47

The telescope got construction go-ahead earlier this week, will be built on a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert

The European Extremely Large Telescope is to be built atop Cerro Armazones, a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert

Astronomers say the galaxy is blasting out gas at a speed of 2 million miles per hour (3.2 million kilometers per hour)

They'll be able to at least guess what it looks like

You can build it yourself at home if you want

Well, not including the lenses, but that's pretty understandable

The telescope comprises several telephoto lenses that have been stitched together

Two essential components were made faster and cheaper

OLPC is aiming to make science fun again for children

The instrument is now being delivered for installation in Australia

The observatory has concluded its first scientific assignment