3. The Hubble Space Telescope now takes pictures that
are ten times clearer than any taken on Earth.
3 Space telescope
General understanding
Circle T for true or F for false for each of the following statements.
1. Scientists cannot say how fast the universe is expanding.
2. The first pictures sent back by the Hubble Space
Telescope were unclear.
T/F
T/F
4. In 1993 nobody could fix the Hubble Space Telescope.
In detail
INN
Write short answers to the following questions.
1. Why did scientists build the Hubble Space Telescope?
2. When was the Hubble Space Telescope sent into space?
3. Who fixed the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993?
4. What is the problem with telescopes here on Earth?
T/F
T/F
5. What are some of the spectacular pictures that Hubble has taken so far?
6. Scientists hope that Hubble and other telescopes will help them answer
one of the biggest questions facing humanity. What is that question?
