Hubble Space Telescope, the first sophisticated optical observatory placed into Earth’s orbit. Some of its many triumphs included the Hubble Deep Field, a photograph of about 1,500 galaxies revealing galactic evolution, and the discoveries of Hydra and
The Hubble Space Telescope went through many years of development. Here, astronauts practice servicing the telescope in the weightless environment of the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.(Image credit: NASA/MFSC) The expensive project was a tough sell, an...
Since it was launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has sent us breathtaking images back from the deepest corners of space. Named after the trailblazing astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, the HST, a large, space-based observatory, has revolutionized astronomy by providing unprecedented deep...
In its years on orbit, Hubble Space Telescope has shown the world gorgeous cosmic wonders, ranging from views of the planets in our own solar system to distant planets, stars, and galaxies as far as the telescope can detect. Scientists continually use this orbiting observatory to look at objec...
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View some of the best images ever captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and astronomers from around the globe. These breathtaking pictures will have you wanting to see more.
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space. Hubble has made more than 1.4 million observations of nearly 47,000 celestial objects. In its 30-year lifetime the telescope has racked up more than 175,000 trips around our planet, total...
A gorgeous image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a nearby star called R Aquarii that is the site of dramatic activity: violent eruptions of matter that is thrown out into the space around it. Informally dubbed as a “stellar volcano” for the way it is throwing out matter like lava...
During this season the sun shines continuously on the polar cap. Previous spacecraft observations have shown that this summertime polar cap is composed of water ice, just like Earth’s polar caps. The Hubble Telescope pictures reveal that great changes have occurred on the surface of Mars in ...
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