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the purpose of the Hubble Space Telescope was, and is, to gather light from cosmic objects so scientists can better understand the universe around us. Up until the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, all telescopes were Earth based and had the disadvantage of having to peer at the stars through the Earth’s atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere provides a large amount of distortion when viewing very far objects, like space, through a telescope. Placing a telescope in space eliminates the distortion

uniform) and began to work and study. There he had access to a very expensive and the world’s largest Newtonian Telescope. This is where he made most of his discoveries and worked for most of his life. One of Hubble’s finest inventions was the Hubble Telescope. The Hubble Telescope is a large telescope floating in space. It was launched into outer space on April 24 1990. The telescope orbits about 340 miles above Earth. It is the length of a large school bus and weighs about the equivalent size

“If the human race is to continue for another million years, we will have to boldly go where no one has gone before,” said Stephen Hawking in 2008. The interplanetary migration of our species has been a stimulating prospect for ages, and, as technology is advancing by the minute, we are only getting closer to its realization. For this prospect, Mars is the sole candidate. There are many reasons why this is so, and there are many reasons as to why we should undergo the colonization of Mars now. But

Hubble Space Telescope The telescope would become the indispensable instrument for investigations of the cosmos. Bigger and better telescopes were built all over the world. Planets, stars, and nebulae which could not be seen by the naked eye were now being routinely noted and logged. Such is the case with the fantastic discoveries for which the Hubble Space Telescope has been responsible during the twentieth century. Had it not been for the creation of such a monumental piece of scientific machinery

Life’s Meaning is What You Make It Friday, January 27, 2017. This was the night I formulated the answer to the great question that humans have been contemplating since our existence, “Are We Significant in the Universe?” After visiting the planetarium show at the University of Central Arkansas, I felt like I had it all figured out. Seeing the vast universe, or just the small amount that we have actually discovered, puts things into perspective about just how small the Earth is and how far away everything

three-powered spy glass; although Galileo did not invent the first telescope, his high quality modifications were well known and very popular. His alterations helped clarify the idea that the earth and planets revolve around the sun as opposed to the other way around. This powerful telescope, for its time, also helped astronomers see that there was a vast universe with a myriad of stars just waiting to be discovered (“The First Telescopes”). Just as Columbus’s discoveries of the new world influenced countries

Answering these basic questions may summarize much of the information regarding Quasar. What is the definition of a quasar? When radio telescopes were first turned on the heavens, point sources of radio waves were discovered (along with spread-out regions of emission along our Milky Way). Astronomers using ordinary visible-light telescopes turned toward these radio points and looked to see what was there. In some cases a supernova remnant was found, in others, a large star-birth

Hubble Space Telescope     “We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes, we arrive at the frontier of the known universe.”- Edwin Hubble. Edwin Hubble was a man known for his immaculate discoveries leading to better understanding the universe. The telescope built in honor of him did not fail to carry on his legacy. This essay

us down new paths”(Big Fish Presentation). NASA had developed the first largest optical telescope, 43.5 feet and weighing 24,500 pounds, called the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after the famous American astronomer, Edwin P. Hubble in 1990. Not only was it the first largest, but it was the first in world history to be based in space and not on land. Despite the imagery taken by Hubble Space Telescope, and continuous robotic missions like the Mars Curiosity Rover, which was built to analyze

The museum that I decided to visit was the California African American museum, located in the Exposition park by the Coliseum and USC school. I knew that by visiting this museum, I would learn more about African American culture and lifestyle, which I thought it would be interesting to learn about another culture. What, I expected to see there was African American’s art creation, music, maybe see a few things about their old lifestyle, and the difficulty they once had to face. To be honest, I don't