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NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
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Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...
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Hubble Trivia: 9) Hubble Has Helped Confirm That the Milky Way Will Merge With Which Nearby Galaxy?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: Hubble has helped confirm that the Milky Way will merge with which nearby...
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Hubble Trivia: 3) What Advantage Does Hubble Space Telescope Have Over Ground-based Telescopes?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What advantage does the Hubble Space Telescope have over ground-based...
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Hubble Trivia: 15) What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'? You might be...
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Q&A: Hubble Finds Evidence of Possible Exomoon
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes have uncovered tantalizing evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler 1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation...
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Virtual Tour of the Hubble Control Center: Entryway in Lobby
Begin a tour of the Hubble control center in the lobby, where you will learn about the orbiting spacecraft. This is part 1 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the Space...
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NASA's Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet Makemake
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake -- the third largest known object past the orbit of Neptune, about two thirds the size of Pluto. Further observations of this moon may allow...
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NASA Names Upcoming Telescope to Honor the 'Mother of Hubble'
In a time when women were discouraged from studying math and science, Nancy Grace Roman became a research astronomer and the first chief of astronomy at NASA. Known today as the “Mother of Hubble,” she was instrumental in taking the...
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NASA | Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Once installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the upcoming servicing mission this year, COS will dramatically advance physics and astrophysics research on the origin of the Universe, astronomical objects, evolution of galaxies, and...
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Hubble Trivia: 2) How Far Has Hubble Seen Into the Universe?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: How far has Hubble seen into the universe? You might be surprised! See if...
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Envisioning an Ultra-Deep Field from NASA's Roman Space Telescope
A team of astrophysicists has created a simulated image that shows how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could conduct a mega-exposure similar to but far larger than Hubble’s celebrated Ultra-Deep Field Image. This Hubble observation...
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Cosmic Journeys: The Ballad of Sun and Earth
This video features animations and videos of the sun and Earth with background music. Part of the Cosmic Journeys series.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Broadening Our Cosmic Horizons
Scheduled to launch in the mid-2020s, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as WFIRST, will function as Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin. While just as sensitive as Hubble's cameras, the Roman Space Telescope's 300-megapixel...
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NASA | SLIC: The Unsung Hero of Hubble SM4
The composite Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) is a new breed of equipment carrier that will allow the Space Shuttle to transport a full complement of scientific instruments and other components to Hubble. Made of carbon...
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Episode 1: Driving The Telescope (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)
Episode 1: Driving the Telescope – Visit Hubble’s control center to learn about the challenges and techniques of performing extraordinarily detailed observations with an orbiting space telescope. Tour the rarely seen, life-size simulator...
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Hubble Tool Time Episode 5: Servicing Mission 3B
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
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Hubble Science: Exoplanets, Alien Atmospheres
For the past 30 years the Hubble Space Telescope has continued its important mission of uncovering the mysteries of the universe. One of those mysteries that Hubble has helped us understand are exoplanets. Video credit: NASA's Goddard...
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Simulated Image Shows the Power of NASA’s WFIRST
NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, WFIRST, will capture the equivalent of 100 high-resolution Hubble images in a single shot, imaging large areas of the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble. In several months, WFIRST could survey...
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NASA | TDRS: Continuing The Fleet
NASA is preparing to launch the first in a series of three third generation advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, known as TDRS-K. This latest addition to the fleet of seven will augment a space communications network that...
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NASA | Our Violent Universe
Our universe is more than a serene landscape of stars--it is teeming with activity from some extremely violent events. In a presentation at the IMAX theatre at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on...
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NASA | Exoplanet Atmosphere Blasted by Stellar Flare
An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet located beyond our solar system. The scientists conclude the atmospheric variations...
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Hubble’s Servicing Mission 2
The Second Servicing Mission, launched Feb. 11, 1997, greatly improved Hubble's productivity. The installation of new instruments extended Hubble's wavelength range into the near infrared for imaging and spectroscopy, allowing us to...
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Hubble Observes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system's habitable zone. Hubble reveals that at least the inner five planets do not seem to contain...