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Hubble Space Telescope
A community portal about Hubble Space Telescope with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble for his discovery of... [more]
A community portal about Hubble Space Telescope with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble for his discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way and his creation of Hubble's Law, which calculates the rate at which the universe is expanding. Its position outside the Earth's atmosphere allows it to take sharp optical images of very faint objects, and since its launch in 1990, it has become one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy. It has been responsible for many ground-breaking observations and has helped astronomers achieve a better understanding of many fundamental problems in astrophysics. Hubble's Ultra Deep Field is the deepest astronomical optical image ever taken.
You might know the name "Hubble" because of the Hubble Space Telescope. But this phenomenal observatory was named after one of the most influential astronomers in modern history. Hubble discovered that galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, leading to our current understanding of an expanding Universe. Let's learn about the man behind [...]
- Ring of Stars in Centaurus A Uncovered (news.google.com)
- Rapid Star Formation In Infant Galaxies (redorbit.com)
- Hubble Gives Best View Yet of Star Birth (news.aol.com)
Astronaut Mike Massimino returns to MIT and shares his experience on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125). Topics include the challenges of space walking while repairing the Hubble, having the right tools on hand for high stakes repairs, and the long hours of practice that lead up to the task.
From media-newswire.com
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- Camera That Saved Hubble Now On Display (npr.org)
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The galaxies NGC 2207 (left) and IC 2163 are entangled in a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. Such mergers are the focus of Galaxy Zoo's latest project.
Galaxy Zoo's latest online research project is a "cosmic slot machine" that asks users to match up simulations of galactic smash-ups with pictures of the real things. The payoff? That comes in the form of citizen science....(read more)
From cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
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- Hubble Spies Galaxy's Big Bulge (rss.news.yahoo.com)
- Space Images: The Best of Hubbles Shots (freerepublic.com)
- See starbirth up close (cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com)
The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
From space.com
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- Key Parts Returned from Hubble Telescope Now on Display at Smithsonian... (rss.news.yahoo.com)
- Big Hubble instruments now Smithsonian artifacts (mynorthwest.com)
Two instruments that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from failure in 1993 were recently returned to Earth and are going on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The first phase of a new human spaceflight gallery opened Thursday...
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