Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Essays

  • The Huble Telescope: One Of The Hubble Telescope

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    history of astronomy since Galileo's telescope with an expected lifespan of 15 years, although will really be about 22 now. Early on, Hubble was used to discover galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The purpose of the Hubble Telescope is to gather light from cosmic objects so scientists can have a better understanding of the universe around us. Hubble is one of the best telescopes to ever orbit the earth. It was one of the very first telescope to be placed in space. The purpose of Hubble is to take pictures

  • How was the Universe Created? The Big Bang Theory

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    It is only with acknowledging your mistakes, and repairing them that you can make science evolve. A scientist should always stay modest and critique his own theories. Without Imagination, Newton would have never found the theory of gravity, when he saw an apple fall out of a tree, and wondered why the moon wasn’t also falling. It is believed that the Universe was created between 10-20 billion years ago. One of the most stubbornly asked questions of all time is: How was the universe created? In the

  • The Hubble Telescope

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    The Hubble Telescope is the world’s first space-based optical telescope. The Hubble telescope received its name from American astronomer Dr. Edwin P. Hubble. Dr. Hubble confirmed an ever expanding universe which provided the basic foundation of the Big Bang theory. The first concept of the Hubble telescope came from Lyman Spitzer in 1946 who at that time was a professor and researcher at Yale University, Professor Spitzer believed that Earth’s atmosphere blurs and distorts light and a space orbited

  • Hubble Telescope Essay

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    Cosmology is the research of the history and development of the universe. The universe is ever expanding and humanity may never discover all it’s secrets. Cosmology has, however helped us understand a lot more about how the universe is the way it is now. There are many tools and instruments used in cosmology, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This essay will discuss how the Space Hubble Telescope works, and which parts play which role in discovering news things about the universe and space. The

  • Hubble Telescope Research Paper

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    One of the things that aerospace engineers do is design the equipment used to explore the galaxy, such as the Hubble telescope. The Hubble telescope is a telescope that orbits the earth and captures images from galaxies away, and then sends these photos to NASA for research ("Hubble Essentials"). It is a groundbreaking invention that has made it easier for astronomers and scientists to understand space. Overall, the U.S Space Program benefits greatly from the research and technology that aerospace

  • Technology's Role in Unraveling Cosmological Mysteries

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    universe. Over the years, many cosmologists have contributed to the subject, using many forms of technology, to make a multitude of discoveries. Improvements in technology are responsible for superlative discoveries, chiefly about the Big Bang, the origin of our universe. The works of various cosmologists, such as Galileo Galilei, Edwin Hubble, Robert Dicke, Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson, and Vera Rubin have changed the way humanity views the universe, through their use of technology, and through their

  • The Man Behind Hubble: Bob Williams

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    The Man Behind Hubble: Bob Williams Four weeks after space-walking shuttle Endeavour astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1993, an ecstatic Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski waved a Hubble picture of the core of the spiral galaxy M100 at her naysaying colleagues. Today, Mikulski could host a Capitol Hill star party: The orbiting telescope has generated more than 100,000 photos of celestial objects, including a cemetery of dying stars, elephant trunks of dust and hydrogen

  • Origin of the Universe

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    The Origin of the Universe Since the dawn of intelligent man, humanity has speculated about the origins of the universe. There is evidence, which indicates that the universe started around 15 billion years ago. This is probably the greatest discovery imaginable; however, the universe still seems to be a very controversial subject. Most scientists agree that there was a beginning but there is a lot of speculation of how it (the universe) actually started. The much-celebrated Greek philosopher

  • Hubble Telescope

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    The Hubble Telescope is a low-orbit telescope in the high Earth atmosphere. The fathers of modern rocketry, Hermann Oberth, Robert Goddard, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky published The Rocket into Planetary Space, in 1923, which mentioned sending a telescope to space for one of the first times in history. The purpose of the telescope was to provide sharper images for astronomers to study. While much larger telescopes reside on Earth, the pictures that the Hubble Telescope sends back are much better because