Get spaced out at HubbleSite.org
December 30, 2008
Who can forget those first images from Hubble once it got its “cataract” surgery? This image of gas pillars from the Eagle Nebula is the first one I got to see and it blew me away! It’s had some breakdowns, but with repairs it should last into 2013 when it gets replaced by the James Webb Space Telescope.
If you love astronomy and the Hubble, like I do, then you’ll love hubblesite.org, which provides information and lots of great images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The site has a gallery section (which has my favorite, a video called Revelations loaded with tons of awesome images, with a thumping techno track), information on the telescope, discoveries it’s made, and a section for education and museums with activities for students. You can even see the new James Webb Space Telescope which the site informs us will be almost a million miles from Earth and operate in near zero temperature conditions (makes this winter almost seem warm in comparison). Learn about space, space telescopes and see some great images from space at HubbleSite.org. -ALICE MERCER
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