- The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation
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Hubble Space Telescope facts
- Although not the first space telescope, Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy
- The HST is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, and is one of NASA's Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- With a 2
- 4-meter (7
- 9 ft) mirror, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra
- Hubble's orbit outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely high-resolution images, with substantially lower background light than ground-based telescopes
- Hubble has recorded some of the most detailed visible light images ever, allowing a deep view into space and time
- Many Hubble observations have led to breakthroughs in astrophysics, such as accurately determining the rate of expansion of the universe
- The HST was built by the United States space agency NASA, with contributions from the European Space Agency
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center controls the spacecraft
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