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The Mission Hubble Telescope

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Ean Causey 10/01/2014

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HUBBLE TELESCOPE

BY EAN CAUSEY
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Named after astronomer
Edwin Hubble

Launched:
April 24,1990
Kennedy Space Center Florida

Still in orbit today

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*HUBBLE DISCOVERIES*
The Hubble Telescope has detected black holes. Black holes suck everything up including light.
Hubble has also helped discover dark energy: Dark energy is a force that causes the universe to expand faster as time goes on.
Hubble has revealed GammaRay bursts which are powerful explosions of energy that occur when a star collapses.
Hubble has also observed many planets revolving around stars just like earth.

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*SUPER POWERS!!!*
The Hubble Space Telescope
is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible and near infrared spectra.

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*PURPOSE*
Hubble was designed as a high standard flagship mission and has paved the way for other space-based observatories.

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The Hubble Telescope Mission launched April 24, 1990 was named after Edwin Hubble renowned astronomer.
The Hubble was launched for the purpose of scientist to observe the galaxy and universe beyond what the human eye could see.
Equipped with an infrared camera the Hubble has made such important discoveries as dark matter, Pluto, GammaRay burst, dark matter and black holes. The mission has been a great success and still provide scientist with new information about our galaxy and universe to this day.

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