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VIDEO: In 2003, Hubble captured its iconic Ultra Deep Field image, which changed our understanding of the universe. With 100 times more coverage, imagine what we could learn if the Nancy. view more
Credit: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center
One of the Hubble Space Telescope s most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang. Hubble peered at a single patch of seemingly empty sky for hundreds of hours beginning in September 2003, and astronomers first unveiled this galaxy tapestry in 2004, with more observations in subsequent years.
Gas giant takes 218 days to complete its orbit Author: Jules Bernstein
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Scientists aren’t usually able to measure the size of gigantic planets, like Jupiter or Saturn, which are far from the stars they orbit. But a UC Riverside-led team has done it.
Artist s rendering of a 10-million-year-old star system with a gas-giant planet like Jupiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle)
The planet is roughly five times heavier than Jupiter, hence its nickname GOT ‘EM-1b, which stands for Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass. Though it is nearly 1,300 light years away from Earth, GOT ‘EM-1b, or Kepler-1514b as it is officially known, is still considered part of what researchers call our “solar neighborhood.”
The Holy Grail of science : Montreal startup s high-tech camera to help NASA search for exoplanets
Quebec astrophysicist Olivier Daigle was thrilled when the company he co-founded, Nüvü Cameras, got a called from NASA. A few weeks ago, Nüvü delivered it first prototype.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
When the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in 2025, it will be carrying technology from a Montreal company designed for photographing exoplanets in exceptionally low light.(NASA (CNW Group/ABB inc.))
For six years, Montreal startup Nüvü Cameras has been working on technology that can capture images with next to no light.
The Truth About The Mother Of The Hubble Telescope
By Daniel Leonard/Dec. 23, 2020 10:10 am EDT/Updated: March 17, 2021 11:40 pm EDT
You re no doubt familiar with the Hubble Space Telescope. According to NASA, the Hubble telescope was first launched in 1990, and has enabled humanity to acquire some of our most high-precision images of outer space. The Hubble is huge 43.5 feet long to be precise, or about the size of a school bus. Since 1990, the Hubble has made over 1.3 million observations and has been referenced in over 15,000 published papers, making it one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built.
These are awesome statistics, but probably not super surprising; the Hubble telescope is widely admired and celebrated. But what do you know about the history of the Hubble s creation? Unless you re a true space nerd, there s a good chance you ve never even heard of Nancy Grace Roman the Mother of the Hubble telescope.