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Lyman Spitzer: Making Space For Hubble
Seventy-five years ago, astronomer Lyman Spitzer envisioned a future for space exploration that deepened humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos. A visionary behind the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer was among the earliest astronomers...
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Hubble’s Servicing Mission 4
The Hubble Space Telescope was reborn with Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), the fifth and final servicing of the orbiting observatory. During SM4, two new scientific instruments were installed – the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and Wide...
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Hubble Finds Water Vapor On Distant Exoplanet
With data from the Hubble Space Telescope, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of an exoplanet within the habitable zone of its host star. K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is the only planet orbiting a star...
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Hubble Trivia: 11) How much data can Hubble store on board?
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 much data can Hubble store on board? You might be surprised! See if...
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Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet...
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Hubble’s 30th Anniversary Image
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Hubble's senior project scientist, Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, takes...
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Hubble Trivia: 10) How Much Exposure Time Did it Take to Capture the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image?
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 much exposure time did it take to capture the Hubble Ultra Deep Field...
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We Asked NASA Scientists and Astronauts “What is your Favorite Hubble Image?”
Over the years, Hubble video producer Paul Morris has had the amazing opportunity to interview some of the brightest minds in astrophysics, and some of the coolest astronauts and people in the world. As a rule, he always asked every...
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Intergalactic Elegance : Hubble’s Universe
Hubble has seen galaxies at the edge of the visible universe. It has unlocked a cosmos so vast and filled with wonder that it boggles the mind. The Hubble Telescope has learned how galaxies merge, and found the powerful jets from massive...
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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 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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5 Things: Space Servicing
Just as cars need maintenance on Earth, sometimes spacecraft need fixing, too. 🛠️ When astronauts work on spacecraft in orbit, it's called space servicing. Want to know more about space servicing? Leave your questions in the comments...
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Cosmic Journeys: Rivers of Energy Inside the Sun
This video explores the incredible activity happening on the surface of the sun, as captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. From dazzling friary loops to massive coronal mass ejections, we see how the sun's plasma drives its solar...
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Cosmic Journeys: Footage of Solar Eruptions
Solar eruptions captured up close - this remarkable footage shows the 'boiling' surface of the sun with its fiery loops and flares. Part of the Cosmic Journeys series.
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Mystery of Galaxy’s Missing Dark Matter Deepens
When astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered an oddball galaxy that looks like it doesn’t have much dark matter, some thought the finding was hard to believe and looked for a simpler explanation. Dark matter, after all,...
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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 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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Hubble Spots Giant Space ‘Pumpkin’
Halloween is scarier with Hubble! What looks like two glowing eyes and a crooked carved smile is a snapshot of the early stages of a collision between two galaxies. The entire view is nearly 109,000 light-years across, approximately the...
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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....
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NASA | Goddard In The Galaxy
This video highlights the many ways NASA Goddard Space Flight Center explores the universe. So crank up your speakers and let the music be your guide! "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)" Performed by Fall Out Boy...
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Cosmic Journeys: Footage of the Curvature of Earth
With stunning footage and images from NASA, this short combines stunning views of our planet's curvature, as seen from satellites, as the Earth moves from day to night on its orbit round the sun. Part of the Cosmic Journeys series.
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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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Brand New Hubble Observation Teaches Us More About Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous...