Robotic Observatories & Rovers
Hubble Space Telescope
Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery | Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Scientific Discoveries & Legacy
Through telemetry captures and planetary encounters, Hubble Space Telescope gathered records that transformed our astronomical models. Here are the primary science results:
Age of the Universe
Helped pin down the age of the universe to approximately 13.8 billion years by measuring Cepheid variable stars.
Accelerating Expansion
Discovered that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, leading to the theory of Dark Energy.
Hubble Deep Fields
Captured thousands of young galaxies in a small, empty patch of sky, revealing cosmic evolution over 12 billion years.
Exoplanet Atmospheres
Captured the first atmospheric profile of an exoplanet (HD 209458b), detecting sodium, carbon, and oxygen.