Hubble Telescope: 20th anniversary of Hubble Telescope launch by Nasa on Google

Hans — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:58:42 +0000

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope launch by Nasa. To celebrate, Google has made a really cool logo on their main homepage. Clicking on the logo shows results for “Hubble Telescope”. Google likes to change their logo to celebrate special events, and today is a special day so Google created a logo called a “Google Doodle”.

Here is a fun fact about the Hubble Telescope: It was named after Edwin Hubble who discovered the expansion of the universe and formulated what is now known as Hubble’s Law. To find more facts, click the logo on the Google.com page and you will see results. Did you learn anything new? Feel free to share in the comments.

400 years of Galileo’s Telescope

Arasha — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:27:59 +0000

August 25 marks exactly 400 years since Galileo’s telescope invention. (Yes this is Google’s doodle of the day.) Galileo Galilei’s invention allowed for much of the astronomical discoveries made today. Galileo was not only a known astronomer but also a mathematician, physisct, and philospher. (Yes, he was one smart dude!) Since the invention of the telescope, much of space discovery and solar system have been made possible. With the technology to identify much of the stars and universe around us, Galileo’s telescope has been a great help.

Current program in the telescope world: Nasa is currently lacking the funding to build the telescope that may protect us from possible deadly asteroids that will strike the Earth. Galileo’s relatively cheap invention has lead to relatively expensive and highly sophisticated telescopes that could save Earth from the asteroids. What was yesterdays one dollar telescope invented looks like todays cost of 300 million dollars. Just take a look at this article on Wired.com.

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Hubble Telescope: 20th anniversary of Hubble Telescope launch by Nasa on Google

400 years of Galileo’s Telescope