Did you know April is Citizen Science Month?
Public participation in scientific research helps solve the mysteries of the universe! Find out more about Hubble's citizen science work: https://t.co/egBGAhPVUI
And find @NASA projects you can work on here: https://t.co/HQWwOptaPK
Another banner year!
Today officially marks 36 years of Hubble. The mission is still going strong, with images and discoveries that constantly change the way we understand our universe.
Here are just a few examples of what Hubble's been up to in the past year ⬇️
Nagoya University: Japan Delivers Its Sharpest X-Ray Telescope for the FOXSI Mission, a US-Japan Rocket Program to Observe the Sun https://t.co/oWW8l0zcby
Eye on the southern sky 🌌
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is like a cosmic watchtower, capturing the entire visible sky every few nights.
Before, scientists would spend their careers looking for supernovae. But Rubin will accomplish in minutes or hours what used to take a lifetime!
How fast is our universe expanding? About ~73.5 km/s per megaparsec, aligned with past measurements but with greater precision.
Using data from @NASAWebb and @NASAHubble, astronomers worldwide are bringing us closer to a precise measurement: https://t.co/1Z84WdwyuY