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Hubblecast 29: Mission Accomplished: Healing Hubble
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The fifth and final mission to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope was a long time coming. After a delay in the fall of 2008, spring brought new hope and, on 11 May, the seven Space Shuttle crew members…
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Hubblecast 30: Rebirth of an icon
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After more than three months of calibration and testing, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is re-opening its rejuvenated eyes to begin probing the Universe once again. Dr. J reveals the stunning…
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Hubblecast 31: Sky merger yields sparkling dividends
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A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, smashing…
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Hubblecast 32: Born in Beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula
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Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new…
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Hubblecast 33: Saturn's stunning double show
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In January and March 2009, researchers using Hubble took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings are edge-on, resulting in a unique movie featuring both of the giant planet's…
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Hubblecast 34: Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet
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Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of M66, the largest "player" of the Leo Triplet, and a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The…
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Hubblecast 35: The stuff of legend
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Gearing up for the 20th anniversary of the legendary space observatory, Dr. J takes a look at the story of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Born of an ambitious idea, it took decades for Hubble…
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Hubblecast 36: Gifts from the sky: honouring 20 years of Hubble
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Throughout its 20-year career, while moving at a staggering 28 000 kilometres per hour, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 930 000 observations and snapped over 570 000 images…
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Hubblecast 37: Bubbles and baby stars
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This Hubblecast features a spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image - one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region. It highlights N11, part of a complex network of gas clouds…
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Hubblecast 38: Hubble in popular culture
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When Hubble was launched in 1990, every astronomer knew it had an opportunity to make profound breakthroughs in science. A few realised its potential as a tool for inspiring people with awe for the…
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Hubblecast 39: The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)
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Today's telescopes study the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum. Each part of the spectrum tells us different things about the Universe, giving us more pieces of the cosmic jigsaw puzzle. The…
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Hubblecast 40: Wide Field Camera 3 - Hubble's New Miracle Camera
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In early 2009, a team of astronauts visited Hubble to repair the wear and tear of twenty years of operating in a hostile environment - and to install two new instruments, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph,…
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