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Famous Telescopes and Their Discoveries

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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

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Allows astronomers to study the cold universe, such as molecular clouds and dust, the building blocks of stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and life.

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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

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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.

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VLA (Very Large Array)

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Expanded our understanding of cosmic objects by mapping radio emissions from galaxies, quasars, and black holes.

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Planck Space Telescope

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Improved measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies, leading to precise estimates of the age, composition, and geometry of the universe.

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Kepler Space Telescope

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Discovered thousands of exoplanets using the transit method and helped us understand the frequency of Earth-sized planets around other stars.

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Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

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Explored the high-energy universe, discovering new pulsars, uncovering evidence of dark matter, and observing gamma-ray bursts.

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

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Made crucial observations of high-energy regions, such as the remnants of exploded stars, clusters of hot gas, and matter around black holes.

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Voyager 1 & 2

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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.

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Parker Solar Probe

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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.

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Galileo spacecraft

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Studied Jupiter and its moons, discovering evidence of subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto and volcanic activity on Io.

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Spitzer Space Telescope

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Provided detailed images of space objects in infrared light, contributing to studies of distant galaxies, brown dwarfs, and exoplanets.

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WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

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Mapped the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, providing evidence for the age, composition, and geometry of the universe.

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Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)

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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.

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TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

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Searches for exoplanets using the transit method, focusing on stars closer to Earth and complementing the discoveries of the Kepler Space Telescope.

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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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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