What is a copyright?

A copyright gives its owner the right to copy, distribute, publicly display or create derivative works from the original work. A copyright also gives its owner the right to license those rights to others.

How do I know if the image Iorder is protected by copyright?

We have taken care to ensure that all images on this site are in the public-domain. ESA/Hubble images, videos and web texts are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license and are on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided we clearly and visibly credit.

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