{"id":140986,"date":"2022-06-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-480661"},"modified":"2023-09-29T08:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:57:26","slug":"nasas-new-hubble-e-book-takes-readers-on-a-journey-to-curious-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ebooks\/nasas-new-hubble-e-book-takes-readers-on-a-journey-to-curious-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s New Hubble E-Book Takes Readers on a Journey to Curious Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/hubble-e-books\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Focus e-book series<\/a>, called \u201cHubble Focus: Strange New Worlds.\u201d This e-book highlights the mission\u2019s recent discoveries about worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1442\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?w=1442\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg 2616w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=211,300 211w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=768,1091 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=721,1024 721w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=1081,1536 1081w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=1442,2048 1442w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=282,400 282w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=422,600 422w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=634,900 634w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=845,1200 845w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_cover.jpg?resize=1408,2000 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1442px) 100vw, 1442px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This e-book is part of a series called Hubble Focus, which presents some of Hubble\u2019s recent cosmic discoveries. Its cover, shown here, features an illustration of the scorching hot planet Kepler-13Ab that orbits extremely close to its host star, Kepler-13A, which is part of a multiple star system. The star\u2019s companions, Kepler-13B and the small orange-red dwarf Kepler-13C, are in the background. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Download:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/hubble_focus_exoplanets_june2022.epub?emrc=d481c4\" rel=\"noopener\">ePub format (120 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_focus_exoplanets_june2022.pdf?emrc=9057ef\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF format (5 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Hubble Space Telescope is once again opening our eyes to an incredible universe, this time to the nature of alien worlds,\u201d said Jennifer Wiseman, NASA\u2019s Hubble senior project scientist. \u201cThese are impressive achievements when we consider that when Hubble was designed and launched, no exoplanets had yet been discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weird Worlds and Other Earths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For thousands of years, people believed Earth was fixed at the center of the universe and that every other celestial object revolved around our planet. But over time, it became clear that Earth did not occupy such a special position. People began to see that perhaps Earth was not as unique as they thought. Some even wondered if there might be planets circling other stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, astronomers have found more than <a href=\"https:\/\/exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 exoplanets<\/a>. While astronomers initially expected to find systems similar to ours, most of the first exoplanets they discovered were wild and exotic compared to our solar system. Hubble\u2019s exoplanet studies continue to help broaden our view of planetary systems by revealing even more oddballs, often by investigating the chemistry of their atmospheres via spectroscopy \u2013 the study of the information coded in light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubble\u2019s spectroscopic observations have unveiled withering worlds that dwindle as they lose their atmospheres to space, and planets in bizarre orbits. But the observatory has also revealed worlds that are more similar to our own. Hubble has studied exoplanets\u2019 atmospheres and found several that contain water vapor \u2013 an essential ingredient for life as we know it. Some of these worlds even orbit within their star\u2019s habitable zone, which is the range of orbital distances where temperatures are mild enough that liquid water could pool on planetary surfaces. \u201cHubble has provided us with a wealth of information on the variety that exists among exoplanets, probing the composition of their atmospheres and discovering exotic weather seen nowhere on Earth or even elsewhere in our solar system,\u201d said Ken Carpenter, Hubble\u2019s operations project scientist based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. \u201cIt has also carried out an extremely critical exploration of relationship between these exoplanets and their host stars and how it drives conditions on the planetary surfaces that influence their habitability. Hubble has shown us that even stars unlike our Sun may harbor habitable worlds and thus broadened our search for life elsewhere in the galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alien Weather and Stellar Relationships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earth exhibits a wide range of weather, from rolling thunderstorms to sunny skies to blizzards. Thanks to Hubble, astronomers have learned about the weather some exoplanets experience, including molten iron rain, amber skies, and even sunscreen-like snow flurries. Future observations could reveal more information about what drives exoplanets\u2019 weather, including their relationships with their host stars.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?w=1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"jagged outcrops emerge from a liquid ocean, a white-orange glow from a setting star at center right. 3 other planets are in the sky trailing off to the upper left from the setting star\n\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hubble_1419_pressrelease1280t.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This artist\u2019s concept shows what the view might look like from the surface of TRAPPIST-1f \u2013 an Earth-sized planet orbiting a star about 40 light-years from Earth. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If our own host star, the Sun, were just a little hotter or colder, or if it were much older or younger, Earth might not be habitable. Hubble has helped astronomers explore other planet-star relationships, offering clues to how they may evolve and informing our search for habitable worlds. The observatory has even revealed a world with two suns and studied different types of stars to explore which are most conducive to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Sun-like stars may be the most obvious targets to search for habitable planets, Hubble revealed that orange dwarfs \u2013 smaller and cooler than our yellow-white Sun, but larger and hotter than red dwarfs \u2013 could offer better chances. These stars are not too hot, too cool, or too violent to host life-friendly planets over vast stretches of cosmic time. Hubble\u2019s future observations will continue to help us focus our search for habitable worlds, bringing us ever closer to the possibility of finding life on other planets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disk Dwellers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New stars form in the Milky Way from swirling clouds of gas and dust that are peppered throughout our galaxy. Vestiges of those clouds remain, surrounding each star in a disk that grows ever more diffuse as debris clumps together to form objects like planets. Hubble\u2019s exoplanet studies have largely focused on the planets themselves, but occasionally surprises pop up in the disks in which these planets are embedded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubble has seen an eerie shadow sweep across a star\u2019s surrounding disk, studied comets a planet\u2019s gravity is hurling into its star, and watched a growing planet gobble up material. The observatory has even offered clues about the mystery of why so few planets between the sizes of Earth and Neptune exist. Hubble will continue to reveal new information about the worlds that grace our galaxy for years to come, providing hints about our own solar system\u2019s formation and evolution along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the fourth edition of the series, this e-book builds on the wealth of information shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/hubble-e-books\" rel=\"noopener\">previous renditions<\/a>, which focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2017\/nasa-s-new-hubble-e-book-series-dives-into-the-solar-system-and-beyond\" rel=\"noopener\">solar system<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2021\/nasa-s-new-hubble-focus-e-book-provides-a-front-row-seat-to-a-sky-full-of-stars\" rel=\"noopener\">stars<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/hubble-focus-galaxies-through-space-and-time\" rel=\"noopener\">galaxies<\/a>. Upcoming editions will zoom in on other cosmic topics, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/discoveries-highlights-shining-a-light-on-dark-matter\" rel=\"noopener\">dark matter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/discoveries-highlights-discovering-a-runaway-universe\" rel=\"noopener\">dark energy<\/a> \u2013 two invisible cosmic mysteries that make up the majority of our universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new e-book is compatible with most electronic devices and can be downloaded in multiple formats for free from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/multimedia\/e-books\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/multimedia\/e-books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Hubble, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/hubble\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nasa.gov\/hubble<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series, called \u201cHubble Focus: Strange New Worlds.\u201d This e-book highlights the mission\u2019s recent discoveries about worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. 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