Hubble telescope's main camera has stopped working (Update)

June 25, 2006 Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope

(AP) -- The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, which has revolutionized astronomy with its stunning pictures of the universe, has stopped working, engineers who work on the camera said.

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