Re: End of the Line for Hubble?
From: Jon Kickerston (none_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/01/04
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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:11:51 GMT
All things must die!
"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> End of the Line for Hubble?
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040724/bob9.asp
>
> "Several astronomers noted that when Hubble dies, astronomy will
> lose its only sharp, ultraviolet eye on the universe. Most
> ultraviolet light can't penetrate Earth's atmosphere to reach
> ground-based detectors, and only a few other space
> observatories have any ultraviolet capability. Ultraviolet
> spectra reveal the abundance of elements in nearby regions of
> the cosmos, while ultraviolet images record the energetic light
> from newborn stars in nearby galaxies. There are no plans for
> an ultraviolet-sensitive space observatory for at least the
> next 15 years".
>
> See: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040724/bob9.asp
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