What is it? What does it do? Well, the Hubble is a very large space telescope found above earths atmosphere. It has been orbiting planet earth since 1990 feeding scientists hundreds of thousands of images, which have helped them uncover many of our worlds mysteries. From three hundred and fifty three miles above earths surface, Hubble has dicovered many great things, including the age of our universe, which is said to be approximately 13 to 14 billion years old. Over 6000 articles have been published with information gathered using this massive space telescope. One of histories most important observatories, showing scientists protoplanetary disks, clumps of gas and dust around young stars that likely function as birthing grounds for new planets. It discovered that gamma-ray bursts occur in far-distant galaxies when gigantic stars collapse. Every 97 minutes Hubble does one complete rotation around earth, moving at the incredible speed of 5 miles per second. I think that this is an incredible object and one that will have an effect on the way we look at our planet, forever. Through it's clear photos and ability to capture things nothing else in the world can, makes it an amazing utensil to our learning. I do not think that the Hubble will live on for much longer, but it has done a great job in the time it has been orbiting earth. Who knows what they'll create next..
