Examples of using "Hubble“" in a sentence and their english translations:
Hubble is a space telescope.
Hubble is in excellent health.
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, an astronomer whose contributions to astronomy include a classification system for galaxies and the Hubble Constant.
Hubble played a major role in discovering dark energy.
Thirty years after its launch, Hubble continues to provide us with stunning, detailed images of the universe.
The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope took place on April 24, 1990, during the STS-31 mission.
Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA's first chief astronomer, is known as the 'Mother of Hubble.'
Hubble has two solar panels which are each 2.3 meters by 11.9 meters in size. These panels convert sunlight directly into electricity.
Hubble was not the first telescope launched into space, nor is it the largest telescope at astronomers’ disposal.
Hubble's longevity can be attributed to five space shuttle servicing missions, from 1993 to 2009, in which astronauts upgraded the telescope with advanced instruments, new electronics and on-orbit repairs.
Hubble’s suite of instruments also allows the observatory to record wavelengths of light not just in the visible range but in ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths (which are not visible to our eyes).
The Hubble Space Telescope was originally due to be launched in 1986, but the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger delayed the launch until April 24, 1990.
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014.
Some space probes, such as Pioneer 10, fly out of our solar system and never come back. Other space probes, like the Hubble Space Telescope, stay in orbit around the same planet their whole life.
For centuries, astronomers believed that the Milky Way made up the entire universe. Hubble was among the first to show that the fuzzy patches in the sky seen through telescopes were other galaxies, not distant parts of the Milky Way.
In 1923, Edwin Hubble used the world's largest telescope, perched atop Mount Wilson in California, to measure the distance to the Great Andromeda Nebula, proving that it was much too far away to belong to our galaxy