The Hubble Space Telescope

Above the distortion of the atmosphere far far above rain clouds and light pollution hubble has an unobstructed view of the universe.
The hubble space telescope. The nasa hubble space telescope is a project of international cooperation between nasa and esa. Hubble the observatory is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space the ultimate mountaintop. Aura s space telescope science institute in baltimore maryland conducts hubble science operations. Supernovae like this one can be used as cosmic tape measures allowing astronomers to calculate the distance to their galaxies.
Hubble telescope since its 1990 launch hubble has changed our fundamental understanding of the universe. The hubble space telescope often referred to as hst or hubble is a space telescope that was launched into low earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. The nasa esa s hubble space telescope has tracked the fading light of a supernova in the spiral galaxy ngc 2525 located 70 million light years away.