a telescope that stared into the past and made astronomy embarrassingly beautiful.
means a space telescope orbiting earth since 1990 that captures visible, ultraviolet, and infrared images of the universe with no atmosphere in the way.
from named after edwin hubble, the astronomer who proved the universe is expanding and that other galaxies exist beyond our own; nasa launched the telescope in 1990 to do from orbit what ground telescopes never could: see clearly.
pillars of creation — 1995 image of star-forming gas clouds, became instantly iconic
hubble deep field — 1995 photo revealed thousands of unseen galaxies in a speck of sky
eagle nebula — stellar nursery photographed in stunning detail, 7000 light years away
servicing mission 4 — 2009 shuttle repair extended its life by another decade