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It was a proposed endeavor to capture an unprecedented "deep field" view of the cosmos, allowing humanity to look back billions of years, near the dawn of time. Though Bahcall believed Hubble ...
"Every modern astronomy textbook includes contributions from Hubble." For 35 years ... the complex gravitational field of the intervening lensing galaxy caused the quasar's light to travel ...
Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a cotton candy-like cloudscape using light our eyes can’t see, like ultraviolet and infrared. The result is both beautiful and informative. NASA ...
pop open a bottle of champagne and check out some of Hubble's lovely cosmic portraits to celebrate its 35th birthday. Me, personally? I recommend the deep fields. Join our Space Forums to keep ...
The variety of targets shows off Hubble's versatility and ability to see not only into deep space, but also into our own solar system. "To have this mission continue to produce top quality science ...
Not a single planet had been seen around another star. Among its long list of breakthroughs: Hubble's deep field images unveiled myriad galaxies dating back to the early universe. The telescope ...
Hubble has revealed that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field makes auroras on the giant planet particularly intense and long-lasting, unlike those on Earth. In July 1994, over 20 fragments of comet ...
Hubble Ultra Deep Field views supermassive black holes: This new image of a supermassive black hole was created using data from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The 'Creator': Black holes are often ...
The deeper into space that Hubble investigates, the further back it looks, allowing it to see distant galaxies from the early universe. In 2012, scientists put together an eXtreme Deep Field image ...
Taken in 1995, the Hubble Deep Field image was taken over the course of 23 days by pointing at a blank patch of sky and collecting single photons every day. It was these photographs that revealed ...