Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time: What the Hubble Telescope Saw
More from Elaine Scott, Author ofSpace, Stars, and the Beginning of TimeClick on the images below to open larger versions.The Hubble captured thisimageof Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede, on April 9, 2007.Credit: NASA/ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)The Hubble Space Telescopetravels in a curved orbit around Earth and will not hurtle off into space.Credit: NASA/ESAThe Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star in theOrion Nebula.Most scientists believe these protoplanetary disks--the birthplace of planets--are common where you find clusters of young stars.Credit:  NASA, C. R. O'Dell and S. K. Wong (Rice University)