From the first days of this science as astronomy ever since Galileo, astronomers have set ourselves one main objective - to see as much as possible, and further, to look deeper into the universe.
Running the Hubble Space Telescope in the spring of 1990 has allowed mankind to accelerate the achievement of the goals and was one of the greatest scientific acquisitions of modernity in the study of celestial bodies and the universe.This telescope, which orbits the Earth, and pictures from the Hubble telescope allows a detailed look at the celestial bodies and the processes occurring in the Universe.The telescope is located outside our planet's atmosphere (569 kilometers above the surface).As you know, basically the Earth's atmosphere is opaque and can significantly distort the image made from Earth.A large number of air pockets provides multiple "atmospheric distortion", because of which, for example, the stars "twinkle" when viewed from Earth.That is why the pictures from Hubble, making the "trans-atmospheric images" far superior photos taken with ground-based telescopes.
This telescope - one of the most successful projects of NASA.He sends to Earth for study in laboratories photos.With the Hubble Space Telescope is a large number of copies daily.Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope to shed light on many of the great mysteries of astronomy, existed for hundreds of years.Thus, the scientists were able to determine the age of the universe (which is 13-14 billion years against the old, a much broader range of 10-20 billion years), the existence of quasars and dark energy (mysterious force that causes the expansion of the universe).
Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope scientists were able to show all the stages of the evolution of galaxies, including very small, that existed, code our universe was very young.It has become possible to consider the protoplanetary disks of gas and dust accumulations around young stars, the presence of which is probably a sign of the formation of new planets.Hubble images allowed to see gamma-ray bursts - an incredibly powerful energy blasts, occurring in distant galaxies where massive stars collapse.Based on the data provided by the telescope, 1000 was published scientific articles.
coordinated work of scientists, astronomers, proper quality construction Hubble allowed to provide its incredible performance.Information from the telescope is a material for astronomers around the world.Teams of experts are working round the clock processing images from the Hubble Space Telescope, making a large number of scientific discoveries.After the image processing is completed by scientists, the pictures are published, and they can be seen by anyone.
total work on the pictures, mutual assistance and support for scientists of different levels from around the world brought together a lot of observatories into a single system that streamlines the process of studying the universe.
