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Hubble telescope

British  

noun

  1. Also called: Hubble space telescope.  a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kane described his inspiration behind the collection, which utilized the motif of a nebula seen from the Hubble telescope, as “the idea of explosive outwards expansion,” Vogue reported back then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2024

However, depending on whether you look at the home star of Kepler-1625b through the Kepler or the Hubble telescope, this limb darkening effect looks different.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

The James Webb observatory, billed as the successor to the famous Hubble telescope, is showcasing its first full-colour pictures of the cosmos.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022

Thanks to the Hubble telescope, scientists learned that this galaxy has a small bar in the ring structure of its core.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

The entire underside of the dome looked like space as seen from the Hubble telescope: A dusty spiral nebula billowed up, a galaxy of stars twinkled, and meteorites whizzed across the ceiling.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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