Wandering far away

I have been exploring some of the websites with links included in my Typelist 4 FUN & ENLIGHTENMENT, mostly to assure that the links are still active. I found a short video from NASA to share.

From the Hubble page, I present the following:

On The Shoulders of a Giant

In 1675, famed physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton, penned a letter to his contemporary and rival, polymath Robert Hooke. In that letter, Newton writes what would become one of his most famous remarks: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Over time, this simple statement has come to represent the process of science itself, each new discovery building upon previous work. The same is true for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and its observing partner, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Since its 1990 launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has given humanity a unique perspective of the universe. From its vantage point above Earth’s light-distorting atmosphere, Hubble has provided us with clear, detailed views that reach farther out in space and further back in time than any of its predecessors. Hubble’s observations have charted the evolution of galaxies, stars, nebulae, comets, the outer planets, and their moons. Hubble’s discoveries have confirmed the existence of black holes in galaxy cores, measured the composition of exoplanet atmospheres, found the most distant galaxies to date, and verified the accelerating expansion of the universe – a 2011 Nobel Prize winning discovery in physics. Hubble’s findings have affected all aspects of astronomy, prompting further research and revisions to textbooks, but its observations have captured more than our scientific curiosity. Today we find Hubble’s iconic images on lunchboxes, coffee mugs, socks, neckties, and even moving vans. For more than 30 years, Hubble has spurred our imaginations, inspiring our desire to learn more. To do that, we need to see farther and deeper.

Note: The viewing experience of the following video is more satisfactory from the NASA page instead of viewing the embedded version, below or on YouTube. For some reason, I can't get away from double captioning in either of the latter versions.

Comments

[Ole phat stu]

There is a city in Kansas called Newton afaik.

[Cop Car]

There is, indeed, Stu. Good memory!

Newton is about 30 miles north of Wichita, and the Newton City/County Airport that is 2 miles east of the city was a good place to land when the Wichita (now Dwight D Eisenhower) airport suddenly went below minima for VFR. "Newton City/County Airport's primary runway is over 7,000 feet long with an ILS and GPS approach." [Neither instrument approach was available when I was flying.] On service testing flights that asked us to put a lot of cycles on the landing gear of an airplane, some of us were known to make three or more landings for each approach. Fond memories.

[Ole Phat Stu]

"Cleared to bounce all the way to the ramp ;-)"

[Ingineer66]

Hubble has been great but I am looking forward to the Webb images.

[Cop Car]

Agreed, Ingineer. I was looking for an update on the James Webb telescope when I ran across the Hubble video. Good to hear from you!