KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Hubble orbits above Earth’s atmosphere, which gives it a better view of the universe than telescopes have at ground level. Where Did the Name Hubble Come From? Hubble is named after an American astronomer, Edwin P. Hubble.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why is Hubble able to see so much better than telescopes on Earth? Because it is above the Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere disturbs the starlight (a bit like looking through water) and blurs the images. So Hubble’s images are much sharper than those from other telescopes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hubble is not the kind of telescope that you look through with your eye. Hubble uses a digital camera. It takes pictures like a cell phone. Then Hubble uses radio waves to send the pictures through the air back to Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) – STIS is a second-generation imager/spectrograph. STIS is used to obtain high-resolution spectra of resolved objects and has the special ability to simultaneously obtain spectra from many different points along a target.