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Famous Telescopes and Their Discoveries
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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
Allows astronomers to study the cold universe, such as molecular clouds and dust, the building blocks of stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and life.
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Key discoveries include the Hubble Deep Field, determining more accurately the rate of expansion of the universe, and the existence of supermassive black holes in galaxy centers.
VLA (Very Large Array)
Expanded our understanding of cosmic objects by mapping radio emissions from galaxies, quasars, and black holes.
Planck Space Telescope
Improved measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies, leading to precise estimates of the age, composition, and geometry of the universe.
Kepler Space Telescope
Discovered thousands of exoplanets using the transit method and helped us understand the frequency of Earth-sized planets around other stars.
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Explored the high-energy universe, discovering new pulsars, uncovering evidence of dark matter, and observing gamma-ray bursts.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Made crucial observations of high-energy regions, such as the remnants of exploded stars, clusters of hot gas, and matter around black holes.
Voyager 1 & 2
Both spacecraft are known for their Grand Tour of the Solar System, taking the first detailed pictures of planets and their moons, and for Voyager 1 entering interstellar space.
Parker Solar Probe
Designed to study the outer corona of the Sun, it will help us understand solar wind and space weather. It's the closest any human-made object has been to the Sun.
Galileo spacecraft
Studied Jupiter and its moons, discovering evidence of subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto and volcanic activity on Io.
Spitzer Space Telescope
Provided detailed images of space objects in infrared light, contributing to studies of distant galaxies, brown dwarfs, and exoplanets.
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)
Mapped the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, providing evidence for the age, composition, and geometry of the universe.
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
A planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, created to image the immediate environment of a black hole. First to image a black hole in M87 galaxy.
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
Searches for exoplanets using the transit method, focusing on stars closer to Earth and complementing the discoveries of the Kepler Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Designed to observe the universe in infrared, expected to make breakthrough discoveries about exoplanets atmospheres and the early universe after its launch.
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