Hubble Followers and statistics

The Hubble Space Telescope is a space-based observatory that orbits Earth and captures detailed images of planets, stars, nebulae and distant galaxies. It is a project of NASA, managed and operated by the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States, and it has become one of the best-known instruments in space and astronomy.

Online, the official presence shares photographs taken by the telescope, explanations of what they show, and updates on the science and operations behind the mission. The content is written in English and aimed at a broad public, from amateur sky watchers and students to researchers who follow discoveries about the universe. Because the telescope observes above the atmosphere, its pictures are often used to illustrate how scientists study the age, structure and evolution of the cosmos.

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