Friday, April 24, 2015

Hubble celebrates 25 years – FranceTV info

His images are all most incredible one another. Training galaxy, an old star cloud two million years. In 25 years, Hubble has revolutionized our view of the universe. The oldest of space telescopes is 600 km above the earth. He produced a million clichés and is celebrating its 25th anniversary

“I have two memories. Publication of the pillars of creation, where stunning images of the pillars seen gas. It was an absolutely magical image. We had never produced such estéthiques images. And also the results we obtained when we saw the appearance of exoplanets evaporation. These are very important moments in life one researcher, “ Alain demonstrates Lecavelier of Etrangs, astrophysicist at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris.

Yet the adventure would quickly turn sour. When NASA sends into orbit, the telescope sees blurred. It will take three years to astronauts to install corrective mechanisms.

Once repaired, Hubble sends stunning images of star birth to their death. It allows to calculate the age of the universe 13.8 billion years. His replacement, with whom he will have to live together, will be launched in 2018.

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