How The Hubble Space Telescope Works

VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton

A common misconception about telescopes is that their main purpose is to magnify objects. This is false: in fact what a telescope does is capture more light than is possible by the naked eye. The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the world's most important telescopes. Situated in orbit around Earth, but outside of its atmosphere, the Hubble gets a clearer view of the Universe and what lies within than any ground-based instrument. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com learns how the Hubble works.

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Hubble Space Telescope, space science, NASA, Edwin Hubble, astronaut, astronomy video, Universe, Earth, orbit, atmosphere, ultraviolet light, infrared light, Cassegrain reflector,