Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy cycles during the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates with a bottle of cava after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates with a bottle of cava after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

Lampre NGC rider Damiano Cunego of Italy celebrates after winning the 8th stage of the Tour of Spain "La Vuelta" cycling race between Alzira and Alto de Aitana, September 6, 2009.

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IN SPACE - JUNE/JULY 2009: In this composite image provided by NASA, the Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 6217) in the Ursa Minor constellation is pictured in Space. Today, September 9, 2009, NASA released the first images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope since its repair in the spring.

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IN SPACE - JULY 27: In this image provided by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, a planetary nebula named NGC 6302, also known as, Butterfly Nebula and Bug Nebula, in the Scorpius constellation is pictured July 27, 2009 in Space.

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This undated handout image provided by NASA, released Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, taken by the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope, shows Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217.

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This image provided by NASA this July 23, 2009 is a photo made by the Spitzer Space Telescope of the galaxy, called NGC-1097, is located 50 million light-years away. It is spiral-shaped like our Milky Way, with long, spindly arms of stars.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its center, shown in this photograph released by NASA July 23, 2009. The galaxy, called NGC 1097, is located 50 million light-years away.

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On April 1-2, the Hubble Space Telescope photographed a group of galaxies called Arp 274. Arp 274, also known as NGC 5679, is a system of three galaxies that appear to be partially overlapping in the image, although they may be at somewhat different distances.

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This image provided by NASA from the Spitzer space telescope shows a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy.

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This photo, supplied by NASA-ESA, is a new Hubble Space Telescope image of three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.

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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) talks to NATO Chairman of the Military Committee, Italian Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola (R) before a NATO Georgian Commission (NGC) on the second day of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Krakow, on February 20, 2009.

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In this image provided by NASA shows the very deep image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and released Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 shows the spiral galaxy NGC-4921 along with a spectacular backdrop of more distant galaxies.

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In this image provided by NASA shows the very deep image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and released Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 shows the spiral galaxy NGC-4921 along with a spectacular backdrop of more distant galaxies.

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A photo released by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on February 5, 2009 of an unusual spiral galaxy in the Coma Galaxy Cluster in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, the hair of Queen Berenice.

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This photograph from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope received on January 8,2009 shows the young star cluster NGC 2362.