The Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting around the Earth and owes its name to Edwin Hubble who made the discovery of galaxies that lay outside the Milky Way as well as for his creation of Hubble’s Law that calculated the rate at which the universe is getting bigger...

The microscope and telescope are two of the most potent symbols of science The most important factors in a telescope are the aperture, (or light gathering capability), and the quality and accuracy of their optics...

One of the most important telescopes in the history of astronomy, the Hubble telescope has allowed observers to peer farther into space than any previous telescope...