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NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope

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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...
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Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 9) Hubble Has Helped Confirm That the Milky Way Will Merge With Which Nearby Galaxy?

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 3) What Advantage Does Hubble Space Telescope Have Over Ground-based Telescopes?

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 15) What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'?

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 2) How Far Has Hubble Seen Into the Universe?

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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...
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Episode 1: Driving The Telescope (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)

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Episode 1: Driving the Telescope – Visit Hubble’s control center to learn about the challenges and techniques of performing extraordinarily detailed observations with an...
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Simulated Image Shows the Power of NASA’s WFIRST

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 14) Hubble observed what kind of explosion created by two neutron stars merging?

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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 observed what...
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Hubble Trivia: 13) What does Hubble’s infrared vision help astronomers see?

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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 does Hubble’s...
Instructional Video2:36
NASA

Hubble Makes Unexpected Dark Matter Discovery

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Astronomers seem to have revealed a puzzling detail in the way dark matter behaves.

They found small, dense concentrations of dark matter that bend and magnify light much more strongly than...
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Episode 3: Time Machines (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)

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Episode 3: Time Machines – Hubble has looked back billions of years in time to see some of the earliest galaxies in their infancy, and it has fundamentally changed what we...
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Hubble Trivia: 1) How Big is the Hubble Space Telescope?

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The Hubble Space Telescope has been answering questions about the universe for over 30 years.



The question is: How big is the Hubble Space Telescope? You might be...
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Episode 2: An Unexpected Journey (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)

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Episode 2: An Unexpected Journey – With five servicing missions, upgraded instruments, and new ways of operating, Hubble is not the same telescope it was when it launched....
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Hubble Trivia: 4) What Wavelengths of Light Can Hubble See?

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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...
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Hubble Trivia: 17) How wide is Hubble’s primary mirror?

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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 wide is Hubble’s...
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Hubble Trivia: 12) Hubble witnessed plumes of water vapor on which of Jupiter’s moons?

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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 witnessed...
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Hubble Trivia: 7) How Many Times Does Hubble Orbit Earth in a Day?

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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 many times does...
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NASA

Solar System Surprises : Hubble’s Universe

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Celebrating 30 years in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed astonishing secrets about our universe. Yet, while its most famous pictures may reveal galaxies and nebulas across the cosmos, it’s also unlocked...
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NASA | The Dual Personality of the 'Christmas Burst'

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The Christmas burst, also known as GRB 101225A, was discovered in the constellation Andromeda by Swift's Burst Alert Telescope at 1:38 p.m. EST on Dec. 25, 2010. Two very different scenarios successfully reproduce features of...
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Hubble Trivia: 5) What Does Hubble Use to Turn Itself and Point at a Target?

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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 does Hubble use...
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NASA

Hubble and Whale Sharks?

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While you might not think that sharks and the Hubble Space Telescope have a lot in common, it turns out they share an incredible bond!



Music: “Happy Tulip” by Stéphane Caisson [SACEM],...
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Hubble Trivia: 11) How much data can Hubble store on board?

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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...
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Hubble’s 30th Anniversary Image

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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,...