Shooting stars: As the Hubble Telescope turns 30, heavenly pursuits have grown from a niche
Astrophotographers attempt to record and understand the Universe as technology expands the world and data brings it closer.
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To celebrate the space telescope’s 30th, NASA has issued a selection of photographs labelled “30 celestial gems”. (Photo | Neeraj Ladia )
The Hubble Telescope, mankind’s primary star catcher launched into the Earth’s orbit in 1990, turns 30. For decades it has been recording the births and deaths of stars, collisions and idiosyncrasies of galaxies, beaming down an unprecedented view of the workings of heaven.