Today we're excited to unveil a set of stories and data visualizations that chronicle the work of the @HubbleTelescope, which was launched 30 years ago this month physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.…
Visualizations by @NadiehBremer
#Hubble30 #space #astronomy
What has the @HubbleTelescope been looking at for the past 30 years? Here is a breakdown of the kinds of astronomical objects that the telescope has observed doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.4… #Hubble30
Though she retired a decade before Hubble’s launch, Nancy Grace Roman (1925–2018) had a big influence on the long-lived telescope doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.4… #Hubble30 #WomenInSTEM
Hubble went into orbit in 1990 with a mirror defect that necessitated a servicing mission three years later. Which made us wonder: What did the telescope do during those first few blurry years? doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.4… #Hubble30
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