Friday April 24, 2020, the Hubble Telescope will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Since its launch on April 24, 1990, it travels the universe 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Suffice to say that he saw the country, and places you can’t even imagine. And that he must have observed a fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including your birthday.
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NASA has therefore decided, on the occasion of this extraordinary anniversary, to offer you a photo taken by Hubble on your birthday.
All you have to do is go to this website (in English), enter your day and month of birth, and see an amazing shot appear. You can then download or share it on social media.
On April 24, 1990, the Discovery shuttle launched Hubble into space. Watch this fabulous story on video:
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No one imagined that thirty years later he would still be there, to provide as many amazing images. The telescope’s eye sees ultraviolet light, visible and near infrared, and offers its wide range of discoveries through images and spectroscopy.
How the stars die
Hubble studied our own solar system and characterized the atmospheres of the planets around the other suns. It showed us how stars are formed, live their lives and die.
He revealed intricate details about the shapes, structures and history of galaxies, as well as discovered supermassive black holes in galactic centers.
Observing the cosmic boundary, Hubble discovered some of the earliest galaxies in the universe, explored the nature of the enigmatic dark matter, and built on the discovery of the as yet unexplained phenomenon called dark energy.
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