NASA announced that the Hubble Telescope has passed the one billion seconds in space. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
NASA will also launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope built on Hubble’s discoveries and work closely with Hubble to expand our understanding of the universe.
The new year marks a historic achievement for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hubble Telescope. In a recent press release, NASA announced that the Hubble Telescope has passed the one billion second mark in space. NASA deploys the Hubble Telescope from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990. On January 1 this year, it completed one billion seconds, which is more than 31 years since Hubble began operations.
The powerful telescope has provided astronomers and space enthusiasts with some spectacular images from space for more than three decades. Some groundbreaking scientific discoveries and iconic images of space have been credited to Hubble, which has made a million observations and provided data to astronomers who have used it to write more than 19,000 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
The telescope was developed as a partnership between the United States Space Program and the European Space Agency (ESA). The telescope orbits 547 kilometers above Earth’s surface, and looks out into space. Beyond the distorting effects of Earth’s atmosphere, which clouds starlight and blocks some critical wavelengths of light from reaching the ground, Hubble’s clear vision has given scientists some revealing images and a greater understanding of our universe. Has provided. This unique position of Hubble allows it to observe celestial bodies and unique events more consistently and with better clarity than any telescope from ground-based observatories on Earth.
The first one billion seconds of Hubble saw five astronaut service missions to replace and repair components of the telescope, NASA said in its statement. It should also be noted that Hubble was attached to another telescope in early December. The recently launched James Webb Space Telescope will directly observe a stretch of space and time that has never been seen before. According to NASA, Webb may be looking back to the era when the first stars and galaxies formed 13.5 billion years ago. The US space agency will also launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, built on Hubble’s discoveries and working closely with Hubble to expand our understanding of the universe.
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