Hubblecast 27: What Hubble Taught Us About The Planets.
For nineteen years, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made some of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of astronomy but it has also helped scientists learn more about our own Solar System. From its vantage point 600 km above the Earth, Hubble has studied every planet in our Solar System except Mercury where light from the Sun would damage its instruments.
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Hubble has captured the impact of a comet on Jupiter, immense storms on Neptune and even tiny dwarf planets at the edge of our Solar System. The veteran telescope keeps a watchful eye on our solar backyard.
Regarded by many as the most valuable astronomical tool, the Hubble Space Telescope is approaching its 19th anniversary in space. Hubble sees into the far reaches of the universe but its powerful instruments have also surveyed our planetary neighbours. In this episode, well see what Hubble has revealed to us in our own solar backyard.
Even those who, for some strange reason, arent astronomy enthusiasts are likely to recognise some of Hubbles most famous images, like the “Pillars of Creation”in the Eagle Nebula or the Hubble Deep, and Ultra Deep, Fields which have shown us some of the most distant galaxies ever observed. The Hubble Space Telescope has really fundamentally changed our understanding of the Universe at large, but with its high resolution images of planets and moons in our own Solar System, it has also taught us a lot about our own cosmic neighbourhood.
Hubble cannot observe our Sun, or the closest planet, Mercury, because its instruments are light-sensitive and would be damaged. However, the telescope has examined every other planet in the solar system, including dwarf planets Pluto, Ceres and Eris. But, of course, Hubble does not just produce pretty pictures, it provides planetary scientists with vital information about our neighbours that may help us better understand our own home planet, Earth.
More (PDF): http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/scripts/hubblecast27a.pdf
Credits:
• ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen)
• Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
• Animations: Martin Kornmesser
• Host: Dr. J
• Narration: Robert Fosbury
• Cinematography: Peter Rixner
• Music: movetwo
• Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)
• Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
• Written by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
• Directed by: Colleen Sharkey
• Additional photos and footage: United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang, NASA-JPL/ESA, NASA/JHU/APL,
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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Duration : 0:6:44
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Are you being …
Are you being serious?
That’s what they …
That’s what they have to do. When you’re observing a planet in our solar system, it’s similar to taking pictures of a bullet shot up towards the sky. There’s gonna be a bunch of in the way of most of the image so Hubble has to get shots from different angles, make multiple passes and take shots in wavelengths that we can’t see.
Basically, If they just showed a picture of a planet it would look like a little blur of light and no one would give a in the first place.
true but most still …
true but most still deney the truth
@rationalmuscle …
@rationalmuscle more precisely it’s “law of conservation of energy”, and it’s cover not only thermodynamics.
Hah, the bible is …
Hah, the bible is like 20 years ahead of science. And science is confirming the bible.
why dont they show …
why dont they show real images? almost all of those are computer generated
science is awesome. …
science is awesome…MOSTLY SPACE!
I don’t feed trolls …
I don’t feed trolls, scroll down if you’re serious. Otherwise give up.
which comment did i …
which comment did i send again?
Thanks for proving …
Thanks for proving my point. Not to mention it’s a 7month old comment you replied to, your comment itself is just further validation of your ignorance. I would ask you not to reproduce, but I don’t think I’ll have to worry about that, unless you donate to a sperm bank. You’re a failure.
CRY ME A RIVER …
CRY ME A RIVER DICKFACE
did they call Pluto …
did they call Pluto a planet?
If you are …
If you are interested, why don’t you study physics? By the way, NO ONE knows what the universe looked like before the big bang.
Well, there are …
Well, there are dozens of text books on the subject TheDreamer. Energy coalleces into matter; stars and their planets form from heat, gravity, and many other physical constants. And yes, there really was a big bang… probably one of an infinite number; hard to say as matter and energy cannot be created nor destroyed (first law of thermodynamics.)
If i recall …
If i recall correctly NASA invented a portable water purifyng device for Africa at low cost, based on the ones used in the ISS. Weird uh?
It is very good , …
It is very good , even excellent question. Would you accept “we do not know” … yet? Or, judging by your post, do you prefer moronic “god did it”?
what the universe …
what the universe look like before the so called big Bang if there really was a big bang and what created all the stuff that form planets and the stars where all this stuff came from? ice..rock…and dust …water came from ice and ice came from water so at the very begining which one come first and what create it?? same question with dust and rock and gas etc……
What Hubble shows …
What Hubble shows and suggests is mindblowing…so to speak. How freeing.
agreed
agreed
we no need more … …
we no need more …
I think that they rather need human sciences social than of war or universe science …
there is so much rocking social in the world in USAS, in Europe, in Asia !
and … the poor africa !
a lot of scientist …
a lot of scientist studies universe …
i think there is enough …
we do not need any knowledge everything, right away
we must to take the time which is needed to understand everything definitely
it is not a question of scientist’s quantity …
there are several dozens thousand scientists specialized in astrophysics on earth
LOL!
LOL!
joshjimjoe = …
joshjimjoe = jackass
Don’t worry about not understanding it, moron.
This stuff wasn’t meant for dumbasses like you.
Hmm…Troll, or …
Hmm…Troll, or just a moron?