Hubble : the mirror on the universe
(Book)

Includes index.

After almost 20 years, 25,000 astronomical targets, 100,000 97-minute trips, and more than 700,000 images, the Hubble Space Telescope continues to return unparalleled panoramic views of deep space to Earth. Recently, Hubble revealed a gold mine of just-formed star systems, provided detailed views of a second red spot emerging on Jupiter, and confirmed that monster black holes do lurk at the center of galaxies. This book includes over 80 full-color photographs that uncover previously unseen details and show faraway targets that were once only known as gray blurs on star maps; the story behind Pluto's recent demotion to non-planetary status; and some of Hubble's recent discoveries and how these are revising scientific understanding of the Universe. The 300 detailed photographs in this book show the Eagle Nebula and the birth of a star, antennae galaxies colliding, and newly formed stars blowing a cavity in the center of the Small Magellanic Cloud.