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    The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, versatile space telescope launched in 1990 that remains in operation. It orbits outside of Earth's atmosphere, allowing it to take extremely high-resolution images with minimal background light compared to ground telescopes. Some of Hubble's most important contributions include recording some of the most detailed visible light images in space and determining the rate of expansion of the universe. Hubble was a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency and continues to make discoveries about the universe.

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    The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, versatile space telescope launched in 1990 that remains in operation. It orbits outside of Earth's atmosphere, allowing it to take extremely high-resolution images with minimal background light compared to ground telescopes. Some of Hubble's most important contributions include recording some of the most detailed visible light images in space and determining the rate of expansion of the universe. Hubble was a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency and continues to make discoveries about the universe.

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    The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, versatile space telescope launched in 1990 that remains in operation. It orbits outside of Earth's atmosphere, allowing it to take extremely high-resolution images with minimal background light compared to ground telescopes. Some of Hubble's most important contributions include recording some of the most detailed visible light images in space and determining the rate of expansion of the universe. Hubble was a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency and continues to make discoveries about the universe.

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    The Hubble Space Telescope is a large, versatile space telescope launched in 1990 that remains in operation. It orbits outside of Earth's atmosphere, allowing it to take extremely high-resolution images with minimal background light compared to ground telescopes. Some of Hubble's most important contributions include recording some of the most detailed visible light images in space and determining the rate of expansion of the universe. Hubble was a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency and continues to make discoveries about the universe.

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    Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was
    launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope,
    but it is one of the largest and most versatile, well known both as a vital research tool and as a public
    relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is
    one of NASA's Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra
    X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.[7]

    Hubble features a 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) mirror, and its four main instruments observe in the ultraviolet,
    visible, and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Hubble's orbit outside the
    distortion of Earth's atmosphere allows it to capture extremely high-resolution images with
    substantially lower background light than ground-based telescopes. It has recorded some of the
    most detailed visible light images, allowing a deep view into space. Many Hubble observations have
    led to breakthroughs in astrophysics, such as determining the rate of expansion of the universe.

    The Hubble telescope was built by the United States space agency NASA with contributions from the
    European Space Agency. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and
    processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center controls the spacecraft.[8] Space
    telescopes were proposed as early as 1923. Hubble was funded in the 1970s with a proposed launch
    in 1983, but the project was beset by technical delays, budget problems, and the 1986 Challenger
    disaster. It was finally launched by Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, but its main mirror had been
    ground incorrectly, resulting in spherical aberration that compromised the telescope's capabilities.
    The optics were corrected to their intended quality by a servicing mission in 1993.

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