Category: Hubble Tuesdays

Hubble Tuesdays: The Life and Death of Stars

 William  September 11, 2007  0 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: The Life and Death of Stars

I love how scientists anthropomorphize the physical universe, so that stars that are going through their last stages of being a star are characterized as “dying.” Yet, who knows? I love how C. S. Lewis looked at the issue in…

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Hubble Tuesdays: True Beginnings

 William  November 21, 2006  0 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: True Beginnings

Over the years, various theories of the creation of the universe have attacked Judeo/Christian theories of origins. The first generally supported theory was Fred Hoyle’s steady state model, which argued against a beginning point. It said that the universe had…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Multiple Viewpoints

 William  November 14, 2006

Today’s image is a composite of three views of galaxy cluster MS0735.6+7421, which is located in the constellation Camelopardus, approximately 2.6 billion light-years from earth: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in Feb. 2006, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in Nov. 2003, and…

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Hubble Tuesdays: They’re Everywhere

 William  November 7, 2006

Various things can cause a person to see double and certain conditions can cause that number to increase. I have an old friend who always see everything double, but over the years has learned to live with the problem. Visually…

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Hubble Tuesdays: New Repair Mission Approved

 William  October 31, 2006  0 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: New Repair Mission Approved

NASA announced today that it has approved a final servicing mission to the famous Hubble orbital astronomy instrument platform. The Hubble “Telescope” is really a platform of separate astronomical instruments, which include: ACS – Advanced Camera for Surveys – The…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Echoes

 William  October 31, 2006  0 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: Echoes

Echoes occur when a source is reflected by another object. The most common experience with echoes occurs when sound bounces off the walls of a large space such as a canyon or even the interior of a large building like…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Two Become One

 William  October 24, 2006  1 Comment on Hubble Tuesdays: Two Become One

In Genesis, God tells us that in marriage, man and woman are destined to leave their past behind (represented by their parents) and become one flesh. Looking back on my own married life, now approaching thirty years, I realize that…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Burning Stubble

 William  October 16, 2006  0 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: Burning Stubble

In 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Paul talks about building on the sure foundation of Christ with that which endures, not wood, hay or stubble that will burn up when tested by the fire of God. In astronomy there are bodies called…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Demise in Fire and Ice

 William  October 11, 2006  1 Comment on Hubble Tuesdays: Demise in Fire and Ice

I was searching through a storage drive for a lost photo and I found this Hubble picture that I never included in my earlier series “Hubble Tuesdays”. It is so beautiful, I just had to post it, even though the…

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Hubble Tuesdays: Stars Struggling To Be Born

 William  August 30, 2005  2 Comments on Hubble Tuesdays: Stars Struggling To Be Born

This image closes my summer series on images from the Hubble telescope. It is an image taken from a section of the Orion Nebula that has been branded a star factory. When I look at the image, rather than a…

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