This month marked the Hubble telescope’s 200,000 orbit around Earth. That’s a lot of laps!
NASA marks Hubble’s 200,000th orbit around Earth with a stunning image
Hubble has been operating in space for more than 36 years and is still making discoveries. The space agency noted that the telescope has traveled over 5 billion miles around Earth during its lifetime and has made more than 1.7 million total observations.
Click through to the article and the related NASA links to see an image of (checks notes) galaxy cluster MACS J0417, taken the day Hubble crossed that milestone. Here’s to science!
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