You may have seen some of the awesome pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope. It captured the multi-colored glow of the gas clouds, the tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the famous rust-colored pillars as seen in visible light. Disclaimer: This material is being kept online for historical purposes. This may be one of the most recognized Hubble images. The 28 we show here are the cream of the crop, though, truth be told, it would be easy to pick an entirely different set and say the same thing. In its 25 years, Hubble has snapped more than 1 million images of nearly 40,000 objects. And not all of that science has come from new observations - researchers routinely plumb the Hubble archives, which currently hold more than 100 terabytes of data.īut to most of us, Hubble’s greatest contribution has been its images, which span the cosmos from next door (the Moon) to the universe’s earliest galaxies. Just how much has Hubble accomplished during its 3-billion-mile (5 billion kilometers) journey around Earth? Scientists have published more than 12,000 papers in peer-reviewed journals using Hubble data. With new cameras and spectrographs operating nearly 24/7, much of what Hubble does today could hardly be dreamed of in 1990. A series of five servicing missions not only restored Hubble to its original specifications but also rebuilt the observatory into a 21st-century science machine. Sure there were glitches, most notably a primary mirror ground to the wrong shape and equipment that inevitably wore down under the harsh conditions of space, but NASA anticipated problems. Hubble’s 30th Anniversary Image NASA Goddard 1.39M subscribers Subscribe 3.7K 333K views 2 years ago On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th year in orbit by. Elevated above the distorting effects of our planet’s turbulent atmosphere, the school-bus-sized Hubble Space Telescope promised clearer views of the night sky than humans had ever witnessed. The calendar says a quarter-century has passed since the space shuttle Discovery lifted its cargo of dreams into low Earth orbit. Learn about quasars, pulsars, black holes. Explore the universes hidden beauty and knowledge. This article originally appeared in our April 2015 issue. Stunning images and discoveries from NASAs Hubble telescope.
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