The Hubble Space Telescope

by Margaret W. Carruthers

Book Overview

Orbiting 600 kilometers above Earth's surface, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) can see to the edge of the known universe. Since 1990 the HST has been collecting light from our solar system, from star clusters in our Milky Way galaxy, and from galaxies billions of light years away. The information it gathers helps scientists better understand the universe. Book jacket.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531122794
• ISBN13: 9780531122792
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7