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Hubble Trivia: 16) What has Hubble helped reveal about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot?
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 has Hubble helped reveal about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? You might be...
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Hubble Spots Comet Near Jupiter
After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient...
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Hubble Shows Torrential Outflows from Infant Stars May Not Stop Them from Growing
Though our galaxy is an immense city of at least 200 billion stars, the details of how they formed remain largely cloaked in mystery. Scientists know that stars form from the collapse of huge hydrogen clouds that are squeezed under...
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Hubble's 30th Anniversary Celebration
In 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope achieved its 30th year in orbit. Hubble’s unique design, allowing it to be repaired and upgraded with advanced technology by astronauts, has made it one of NASA’s longest-living and most valuable...
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Hubble’s 29th Year in Orbit
On April 24, 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 29th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of the Southern Crab Nebula. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to uncover the mysteries of the universe....
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Hubble's Extraordinary ULLYSES Program
The universe would be a pretty boring place without stars. Without them, the universe would remain a diffuse plasma of mostly hydrogen and helium from the big bang. To better understand stellar evolution, a new Hubble initiative has been...
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Hubble: Voyage of Discovery
The Hubble Space Telescope has transformed our understanding of the universe, its view from orbit unleashing a flood of cosmic discoveries that have changed astronomy forever. From its discovery of dark energy to its quest to determine...
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Sonification of the Bubble Nebula
In this Hubble image, a super-hot, massive star is blowing an enormous bubble into space. Fittingly named the Bubble Nebula, this beautiful cosmic object is roughly seven light-years across and resides 7,100 light-years from Earth....
Curated Video
Telescopes: Time Machines into the Distant Past
This video explains how telescopes can act as time machines, allowing us to see objects in space as they appeared millions of years ago. By measuring distances in light years and understanding the speed of light, scientists can observe...
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Hubble's Scary New Halloween Image
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky Way’s own...
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Sonification of Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014)
This sonification of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) image plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light captured in this image. The farther away the galaxy is, the longer its light has traveled before reaching the Hubble...
Flipping Physics
"Pillars of Creation" Explanation for Kate
This video is my attempt to help my wife understand the Pillars of Creation. In doing so I show where they are in the Eagle Nebula, define a lightyear, determine how far it is from the Earth to the Sun, demonstrate the speed of sound,...
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Sonification of NGC 2392
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, the stunning nebula NGC 2392 formed after the demise of a star like our Sun. In this sonification, the image is scanned clockwise like a radar. The radius is mapped to pitch, so light farther from the...
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Hubble’s 30th Year in Orbit
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to uncover the...
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Sonification of NGC 1300
The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 1300’s arms hold blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds of star formation, and dark lanes of dust. To represent this image with sound, scientists assigned louder volume to brighter light. Light farther...
Curated Video
Multiplying Numbers in Scientific Notation
In this video, the teacher explains how to multiply numbers expressed in scientific notation. They review the concept of scientific notation and the rules for multiplying exponential expressions with the same base. The teacher provides...
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The Milky Way, Our Galaxy: How stars are born
What about our neighbors in the milky way? What is a Nebula? The Milky Way, Our Galaxy, Part 1
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Measuring Astronomical Distances: The Light Year
This video provides an explanation of how astronomers measure vast distances in space using the concept of a light year. It clarifies that a light year is not a measure of time, but rather the distance that light travels in one year. The...
Curated Video
Exploring the Past: The Fascinating Concept of Light Years
In this video, we explore the concept of how telescopes allow us to see objects that are light years away, giving us a glimpse into the past. By understanding how light reflects off objects and travels to our eyes, we can comprehend how...
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Hubble Trivia: 8) When Was the Last Space Shuttle Servicing Mission to Hubble?
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: When was the last space shuttle servicing mission to Hubble? You might be...
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Hubble Finds Evidence of Mid-Sized Black Hole
Astronomers have found the best evidence for a black hole of an elusive class known as “intermediate-mass,” which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed too close. This exciting discovery opens the door to the...
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Milky Way Marvels : Hubble’s Universe
30 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope unlocked a window on the universe. Through that window we’ve seen the wonders of our Milky Way and expanded our vision across the galaxy. From the birth and death of stars to the baby pictures of...
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The Outer Planets: Hubble’s Continuing Legacy
What is OPAL? OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) is a project to obtain long time baseline observations of the outer planets in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution as gas giants. The yearly observations from...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Galaxy and Stars: Distances in Space
This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...