Hubble Anniversary
Hubble Anniversary
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The Hubble Space Telescope is a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency, the telescope was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990 by the space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS31 mission, since then it has orbited the Earth at about 540 km high, in 2024 to celebrate the 34th anniversary astronomers have taken a snapshot of the small Dumbbell nebula also known as Messier 76 (m76).
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The results of the Hubble space telescope are impressive, with it more than a million objects have been observed, Hubble is an all-terrain vehicle that has been used for practically all types of astronomical research from studying planets and moons in our own solar system, to observing distant stars galaxies, supernovae, exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena and even more; since thanks to Hubble we have been able to investigate the origins and expansion of the universe.
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In March 2023, nature magazine published a study showing that SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation also affects Hubble images and the Starlink constellation is just one of several that are planned to be created, if a solution is not found with telescopes. spacecraft will have to abandon low Earth orbit, but Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX and promoter of Starlink, also offers solutions.
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In 2022 Elon Musk proposed rescuing Hubble through a free SpaceX expedition, the method would be to push the telescope with a dragon ship to a higher orbit, supposedly he would do it “for free” but with Elon Musk you have to put it in quotes, no It is the first time that it offers a service at no cost and then passes the bill, but free or not, rescuing Hubble and taking it to a better orbit would be wonderful news for all of world astronomy.
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