Question: How do you turn a star inside out? Answer: You give it time.
Articles with Hubble
The tales told by starlight
One year ago this week [in January 1986], the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff, taking seven astronauts to a fiery death. Evaluation of the accident and redesign of the shuttle and booster rockets has interrupted the launch schedule for at least two years. For astronomers, the grounded shuttle has meant a frustrating delay in deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the most remarkable instruments in the history of science, and one that has the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of the universe.
Unexpected delights
For some of us, the most exciting aspect of the space shuttle program was to be the launching of the Hubble Space Telescope later this year. The tragedy at Cape Canaveral will undoubtedly delay that project by many months.