End of the Line for Hubble?

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:33:09 GMT

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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