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HST

American  
Or H.S.T.,
  1. Hawaii Standard Time.


HST British  

abbreviation

  1. high speed train

  2. Hubble Space Telescope

"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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Nine years later, after several unsuccessful attempts to re-image the system, Kalas obtained a new HST image showing another bright point near the earlier location.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

HST last night, @NOAA's #GOESWest 🛰️ captured the eruption of Hawaii's #MaunaLoa volcano, inside @Volcanoes_NPS.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

HST enjoyed the benefit of human servicing missions—for instance, to fix the flaw in its mirror.

From Scientific American • Dec. 25, 2021

M.M. contributed to the analysis, interpretation and HST proposal preparation.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

With the ability to measure both visible and infrared wavelengths, it will serve as the successor to both HST and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016