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The Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope. Discoveries Gordon Chow. Important Discoveries.

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The Hubble Space Telescope

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  1. The Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries Gordon Chow

  2. Important Discoveries The Hubble is amazing, it has captured our interest in space. The Hubble has taken some of spaces pictures with the greatest resolution available. Added to the speculation of dark energy. Recorded one of the first image of a planet beyond the solar system. And studied cosmic explosions that help support the theory of cosmic expansion. And gave supporting information on the way the universe has evolved as predicted by the big bang theory. The View of an exploding star as it shoots gas out at speeds of about 100,000 miles per hour

  3. Dark Energy Gravity always pulls things together, so after the big bang scientist theorized that the galaxies should be slowing down. But after observing type 1a supernova the result was that the supernovas were dimmer than expected. This meant that the supernovas were getting farther from us then we expected. Dark energy is theorized to be the force pushing the universe apart.

  4. The Finding of Planets The Hubble has worked alongside other telescopes to find planets. Its sharp vision has detected some of the furthest planets so far. One of the way it found some of these planets is that took pictures of distant stars and a very small percent of those stars had dimmed light in another image. This meant that there was a planet blocking the light. The tracking of a Jupiter sized planet around the star Fomalhaut

  5. Time Travel The Hubble has very sensitive equipment so it can view light that has traveled for many years to reach us. Keep in mind that light travels at 299,790,000 meters per second. On average it takes about 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach us. So when we view stars that are really far away we are seeing them as they were many years ago. Known as the Hubble Deep Field the Hubble looks into the sky wondering if the dark area in the sky is really empty space

  6. The Hubble's advantage This is a very popular image that shows the tip of a 3 light year long pillar of star birth where inside radiation and winds are shaping the pillar so that new stars are forming within the cloud. You can see the visual image inside the Wide Field Camera in visual and the infrared which can see through the cloud.

  7. Sources Works Cited Cowen, Ron. "Happy 20th, Hubble. (Cover story)." Science News 177.8 (2010): 16-21. Academic Search Premier. E "What Is Dark Energy?." http://hubblesite.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov 2010. <http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/dark_energy/de-what_is_dark_energy.php>. BSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. Images Cited "1a supernova." nasaimages.org. Web. 17 Nov 2010. "Fomalhaut B." spacespin.org. Web. 17 Nov 2010. "Stellar Jet in the Carina Nebula." http://hubblesite.org. Web. 17 Nov 2010. "Great Balls of Fire." http://www.spacetelescope.org. Web. 17 Nov 2010. "Deep Field." http://apod.nasa.gov. Web. 17 Nov 2010.

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