NASA celebrates 34 years in orbit of the Hubble telescope

The collection of data about space has been accompanied by NASA through the Hubble telescope, which has been in orbit for 34 years, after being launched on April 24, 1990.

POV: Inside the firing room in 1990 during the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

Discovery launched #OTD as part of the STS-31 mission. With five astronauts onboard, its primary goal was to deploy @NASAHubble. The rocket launch itself can be seen through window on the top left. pic.twitter.com/Dyd9oKAjsk

— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) April 24, 2024

Hubble continues to offer invaluable data to science every day for a better understanding of the universe, stars, planets and galaxies.

“Among their findings are planet-forming disks around nearby stars, chemical exploration of the atmospheres of planets in other systems, the first supermassive black hole in a neighboring galaxy and even evidence of an accelerating universe.”

The most recent image captured by Hubble is that of the Little Dumbbell Nebula 3,400 light years away in the constellation of Perseus.

Hubble's 34th launch anniversary is this week! 🥳

We're celebrating with this new image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Located about 3,400 light-years away, this nebula formed when lobes of gas expanded out from a dying star at the center.

For more: https://t.co/wapgTbW8Ie pic.twitter.com/7Nb8ULEhMn

— Hubble (@NASAHubble) April 23, 2024

From the observations of the space telescope, 44,000 scientific articles have been published and its work in space continues, making it possible to collect information on “the phenomena of the solar system, supernova explosions, the composition of the atmospheres of exoplanets and dynamic emission of the galaxies.”

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Source: 20minutos

(Reference image source: NASA in Unsplash)

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