20 Years of Hubble Science

  • Released Thursday, July 22, 2010
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This video series focuses on two areas of science that the Hubble Space Telescope has helped advance: thee formation and evolution of galaxies and detection of extrasolar planets.

Episode 1: Exoplanets

Three astronomers in NASA Goddard's Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory discuss how Hubble's coronagraph and resulting images have helped scientists find planets orbiting distant stars.

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Episode 2: Galaxy Evolution

Three astronomers explain how Hubble acts like a time machine by detecting which galaxies are moving toward and away from us.

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This page was originally published on Thursday, July 22, 2010.
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  • Hubble's Awesome Science (ID: 2010067)
    Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 4:00AM