Hubble space telescope turns 35

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Hubble space telescope turns 35   NASA marks the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with the release of four new images capturing celestial wonders from Mars to distant galaxies. Launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the space shuttle Discovery, Hubble has revolutionized our understanding of the universe and remains a vital tool in astronomical research. The anniversary images showcase Mars, a vibrant planetary nebula, the star-forming Rosette Nebula, and the flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 5335. Hubble continues to work in tandem with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), providing complementary observations that enhance our understanding of the cosmos.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews #hubblespacetelescope

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00:00So to celebrate Hubble's 35th birthday, we're releasing four new images from Hubble.

00:06There are different parts of the universe. One of them is the Rosette Nebula, or a part of it,

00:12where stars are still forming. And you can see dark clouds and then lit up clouds behind those

00:18where new stars are ionizing the gas and showing off this glow. We also are releasing an image of

00:26a planetary nebula. Now this colorful nebula really has nothing to do with planets. That's just what

00:32they called it decades ago. But it is really the remnants of a dead star system. And the outflows

00:41from the remaining white dwarf star are creating this glowing cloud that's expanding away from the

00:48central sources there. We have an image from outside of our galaxy of another galaxy. This is

00:55a spiral galaxy. It doesn't look quite like we think our Milky Way does because the spiral arms

01:01are kind of smudged together. We call it a flocculent spiral. But in the middle, you see this amazing

01:08bar-like structure. These are common in some types of spiral galaxies, and they are the mechanism by

01:15which gas and dust from the outer parts of the galaxy are funneled in toward the middle and can

01:20fuel the formation of new stars. We think our Milky Way also has some kind of a bar in the center.

01:26And then much closer to home in our own solar system, we've taken new pictures of Mars. These

01:33really wonderful clear shots of Mars show different features on the planet from different perspectives.

01:40As Mars is rotating, we see the icy poles on the top. We see clouds. And we can also see mountain ranges

01:49in deep canyons and plane structures. Mars is an interesting planet to study both for what it's

01:56doing now, but for what it was like in the past. This eye on the sky has given people around the world

02:03a new view of the universe, how vast it is, how beautiful it is, and how active it is, and how we are

02:11all fellow citizens of planet Earth just looking up in awe and wonder at what we're discovering because of this

02:18wonderful miracle of technology. We're using Hubble in new exciting ways because Hubble sees wavelengths

02:25or colors of light that other observatories don't see and vice versa. So we use them in complement.

02:33Scientists are using Hubble's ultraviolet light capabilities to see this energetic light that

02:38comes from star forming regions and also explosive events out in the universe from energetic stars.

02:44We're using Hubble to complement the infrared light observations that the newer Webb Space Telescope

02:52can do. Webb can see deep into the universe some of the earliest galaxies. Hubble sees nearer galaxies in

02:59all the detail, seeing its hot spots of star formation. With this information together, scientists are piecing

03:06together how galaxies have grown and merged and changed over all of cosmic history.

03:36Hubble's outside of the universe is a שלco. Webb can be found in the universe of Hubble's

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