Beyond Earth: Telescopes In Space

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Hubblecast 24: Beyond Earth - Telescopes In Space.

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There's no better place for a telescope than space itself. Above the Earth's atmosphere observations are no longer hampered by air turbulence, so telescopic images of distant stars and galaxies are razor-sharp. Unlike a ground-based telescope, an instrument in Earth orbit can operate twenty-four hours a day and reach every part of the sky.

Observing from space also makes it possible to study types of radiation that are otherwise absorbed by the atmosphere. Little wonder that the Hubble Space Telescope has made so many contributions to astronomy. And Hubble is not alone - more than 100 space observatories have been launched since the 1960s. Watch this Hubblecast episode and find out more.

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Credit:
• ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
• Host: Dr. J
• Narration: Howard Cooper & Bob Fosbury
• Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
• Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada
• Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)
• Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
• Cinematographer: Peter Rixner
• Written by: Govert Schilling & Lars Lindberg Christensen
• Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen
• Music: movetwo
• Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J's real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.

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[gavinmacmounsey]

(an excerpt from one of my previous comments)...

-'I think Humanity is capable of understanding so much more as a whole. If it wasn`t for religion making us focus our efforts on war, and serving to create a medium for social control and a dumbed down population, I think the 'space race' would of had us Terraforming Mars by now, Strait up!'

[joeloud1]

For the people who don't want to do it themselves...

NASA's 2009 funding represents a little over half of a percent of United States' federal spending. So, for every $1,000 you pay in taxes this year, $5.67 of that went to NASA.

To put it in perspective, all the programs that get more money than NASA got $939.19 of your $1000 bucks.

More people need to know this information.

[Retrocyclers]

~ Microcosm Macrocosm. As above, so below ~ The Universe is a giant womb. Comets (sperm) seed planets (eggs). We are all made of the same matter, we are all one. The elite 1% don't want us to know, they want us either as dumbed down factory drones or soldiers, fighting over the final ounce of their precious oil or water, forcing their religious values on us or capitalism which has driven us only further apart, away from the truth. Why have they pushed us away from nature....

[gadionson1]

wonderful .

[TheCush04]

ahh dont worry nasa is not closing its doors, there just stoping the shuttle program. The one thing i know for sure is that hind sight is 20/20 and ill bet you will be seeing those shuttles returned to use in 3-6 years.. unless they design a new orbiter that people can get to space on to fix are many many objects in space...

[jonnyasprin]

I wonder where all the energy came from to form all those galaxies and stars,just think of all the stars out there,there is that many gamma-ray burst waiting to happen.

[widershins]

Widershins: Science without religion is pure, Religion without science is blind.

[cheater775]

@TheAngryBum war is something we need this planet is getting packed my friend theres still space but not alot do you think life would of been any easier if those 6 million jews didnt die in ww2 think of how many families they would of made im pro war but i dont belive in killing innocent people the holocaust is horrible my Opa survived it (not a jew but polish) war is another way of population control not saying wars are started just for that reason but population control is a side effect of war

[cheater775]

@joeloud1 i agree we need nasa im so interested with space i have questions like if huble van see constalations and zoom on galaxies why cant it look directly at our planets in our solar sytem and get great shots of them but obama is pissing me of he wants to shut down asa end all moon walks but he wants to go to mars? makes no sense

[MetaLMunchies]

i just started to think yesterday about how massively vast space is, trillions of miles across, and it's basically a void, and a strong vacuum of unimaginable force, and yet the little bolts and screws and rubber stoppers in a space suit can stop that vacuum from sucking the pressure inside... crazy right?

[vava54own]

Yep, chech the statistics. It's very obvious that this video has been votebotted...

5 star to dillute those damn stupid votebots

[xxxrrrxxxrrr]

wow, this video is been votebotted. Atleast it seems like that.