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White to move and mate in two #659 - Hubble's 35th Anniversary [1]
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Date: 2025-04-29
On April 24, the venerable Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 35th anniversary, Launched in 1990, on Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-31 mission, after 5 servicing missions and with only 2 out of 6 gyros now operational, Hubble is still going strong, unfolding the mysteries of the Universe from its perch 540 km above earth. science.nasa.gov/…
Some stats:
Observations: 1.7 million
Astronomical targets: 55,000
Papers: 22,000
Citations: 1.3 million
Data: 400 terabytes.
The Hubble team released these new images as part of the 35th anniversary celebration -
Mars front and back, with polar caps, thin water-ice clouds and multiple terrestrial features. The planetary nebula NGC 2899, 4,500 light years away. A small section of the Rosette Nebula, 5,200 light years away. Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335, 236.2 million light years away.
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