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Are Hubble Images Real? Part II: A Brief History of Astrophotography
TLDR: Yes, Hubble images are real. This series of posts is dedicated to the scrutiny of Hubble imagery and a broader discussion of the veracity of astronomical imagery. In this post, we’ll take a...
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Are Hubble Images Real? Part III: What Makes Them Real?
TLDR: Yes, Hubble images are real. This series of posts is dedicated to the scrutiny of Hubble imagery and a broader discussion of the veracity of astronomical imagery. In this post, we’ll look at a...
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Hubble at Thirty-one Trips Around the Sun
This blog post marks the 31st anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more information and resources regarding Hubble anniversary, please visit hubblesite. Introduction by Joseph...
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A Flight to AG Carinae
This blog post is one in a series marking the 31st anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more information and resources regarding Hubble’s 31st anniversary, please visit...
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Capturing a New Type of Supernova
You may have recently heard in science news about a new kind of supernova explosion which had been theorized to exist, but had never been seen before—until now. A team of researchers has published a...
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Webb Takes a Selfie
NASA recently released some of the very first engineering images from the Webb telescope. We’re not quite at the point where Webb is producing amazingly detailed and colorful images of the...
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Hubble Celebrates 32 Years in Orbit
As you may have noticed over the years, we like to celebrate the anniversary of Hubble’s launch with a special image that showcases the orbiting observatory’s fantastic light-gathering abilities and...
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Tangled in the Tarantula Nebula
Breathless… that is the word that best encapsulates my state of mind during JWST’s Christmas Day 2021 launch, when we saw humanity’s last view of the telescope as it slowly separated from the upper...
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Hubble Celebrates Turning 33 with NGC 1333
At 33 years in orbit, one might wonder if it’s still possible to be surprised by images from the Hubble Space Telescope. After all this time, hasn’t the orbiting observatory seen just about...
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Hubble’s Latest Look at Mighty Jupiter
2024 marks the 10th anniversary of a prolific Hubble observing program known as the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy, or OPAL. The goal of OPAL is to provide a long baseline look at the outer planets...
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Asteroids Photobomb the Universe
Imagine that you’ve put ton of effort into setting up a nice outdoor family portrait photo only to find that, in that one perfect shot where everyone is looking at the camera with eyes open and wide...
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