The Hubble Telescope

“A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral.” We know more about our universe than we ever have thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope’s clear crisp photos of objects far away in space. “Earth’s atmosphere alters and blocks the light that comes from space. Hubble orbits above Earth’s atmosphere, which gives it a better view of the universe than telescopes have at ground level.” (NASA, 2009). With these photos, the Hubble Telescope has discovered many different quasars, protoplanetary disks, gamma bursts, and many more objects. Because of Hubble’s ability to see far into space, it is pushing astronomers to discover more, see even further, and study the unknowns of
Named after the famous astronomer, Edwin Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope has gathered millions of data points and observations that has helped astronomers all over the nation for 26 years, and it is still going