Hundreds of billions of wiz are strewn like fairy lights in the dark cosmic ocean of the universe . Until 25 years ago , our observation of the smasher and destruction of the world was obscured by Earth ’s air — theHubble Space Telescopehas liberate astronomers from earth - bound worry like atmospherical turbulency .
As unassuming as the Hubble may look compared to the vastness of space , the telescope is actually the length of alarge schoolhouse bus , weigh as much as two elephants , and travels around Earth at 5 miles per second . It has also radiate back thousand of cosmic images over thelast two ten , include : the birth and demise of stars , beautiful astronomic pinwheels , interstellar clouds of debris , major planet with sixty - seven moons , and ancient sensation .
Today , we lionise the contribution the Hubble Space Telescope has made as well as look to the future tense . Three years from now , a telescope even more hefty than Hubble will peer deeply into infinite than ever before . TheJames Webb Space Telescope(JWST ) will be100 timesmore potent and see back to nearly 200 million eld after the Big Bang .
Below are only a few of the G of unbelievable images the Hubble has give away to us over the years :
Sombrero Galaxy . NASA / ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / halo )
V838 Monocerotis . NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Jupiter ’s Great Red Spot . NASA , ESA , and A. Simon ( Goddard Space Flight Center )
Carina Nebula . NASA , ESA , N. Smith ( University of California , Berkeley ) , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / aureole )
Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 . NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA)
tower of Creation . NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / halo )
Cat ’s Eye Nebula . NASA , ESA , HEIC , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / halo )
Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 . NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA )
Abell 2744 Frontier Field . NASA , ESA , and J. Lotz , M. Mountain , A. Koekemoer , and the HFF Team ( STScI)
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