Hubble 15 Years of Discovery

• Main Authors: Christensen, Lars Lindberg (Author), Fosbury, Robert A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

BACK COVER COPY** This book forms part of the European Space Agency’s 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As an observatory in space, Hubble is one of the most successful scientific projects of all time, both in terms of scientific outp...

Table of Contents:

• The Hubble Story
• Hubble Up Close
• Planetary Tales
• The Lives of Stars
• Cosmic Collisions
• Monsters in Space
• Gravitational Illusions
• Birth and Death of the Universe
• Looking to the end of Time
• Hubble Gallery.