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How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos

How the Hubble Telescope opened a new window on the cosmos

13 October 2021

The Hubble Space Telescope's journey to the sky was a bumpy one, but it was well worth the effort, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The atmosphere gets in the way of the universe’s most amazing objects

The atmosphere gets in the way of the universe’s most amazing objects

26 February 2020

Earth’s atmosphere thankfully provides air for us to breathe, but when trying to study interesting objects in space it causes all sorts of problems, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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