The Hubble Space Telescope

Sawera · Initiator Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 1243 Gender:

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the famous telescope named for Edwin Hubble, is now being used to discover diamonds in space. Scientists working on the project hope it will help them understand how carbon rich molecules develop. Although the Hubble is not the first telescope, it has led to many extraordinary breakthroughs in astrophysics.
The Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble provides the perfect mechanism to view extraterrestrial objects. Ground based telescopes have significant disadvantages when compared to the HST — blurred images caused by the atmosphere and no background from scattered light. The Hubble is also able to view ultraviolet light which is normally absorbed by our O-zone layer.

Most of the meteorites that crash to the Earth’s surface contain carbon. About 3% of the carbon in these meteorites contains tiny diamonds. These small diamonds are only about a nanometer in size. However, scientists believe that meteorites reflect the composition of interstellar gases and dust. If this is true, the presence of extraterrestrial diamonds would seem inevitable. These diamonds are believed to radiate large amounts of energy in the infrared wavelength, making the Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope

Telescope the perfect tool to seek these diamonds. Young stars that radiate high amounts of ultraviolet light make the best searching ground for these extraterrestrial diamonds.

The Hubble Space Telescope

DashingBoyAli · Fan of Fun Stuff Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 355 Gender:

very nice information
nice post

Sawera · Initiator Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 1243 Gender:

thanks DashingBoy

ujala · **Posted:** Sep 30, 2009 **Post subject:**

nice post

Pearl · **Posted:** Oct 08, 2009 **Post subject:**

nice info dear