The Hubble Telescope was designed to:
Investigate celestial bodies by studying their composition, physical
characteristics, and dynamics.
The scientific objectives will be acheived by research into:
Observe the formation of stars and galaxies, and study their formation
Study the history and evolution of the universe.
Provide a long-term space-based research facility for optical astronomy.
Galaxies and Clusters - Extragalactic distances, star clusters,
interacting galaxies, cosmological tests.
Information about the science objectives of the Hubble Space Telescope was
obtained from the Space Telescope Science Institute. The Space Telescope
Science Institute's Starcatcher
Series has further information about the scientific discove
ries of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Interstellar Medium - Dust and extinction, supernovae remnants,
planetary nebulae, star formation, circumstellar nebulosity.
Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei - Quasi-stellar objects,
Seyfert galaxies, BL Lac objects, radio galaxies, galacitc jets, gravitational
Stellar Astrophysics - Stellar Atmospheres and chemical composition,
binary and variable stars, stellar photometry and polarimetry, parallaxes
and proper motions of stars.
Stellar Populations - Color-magnitude and luminosity studies
of star clusters, dynamics of clusters, structure of the galaxy and
Solar System - Planetary features and atomspheres, satellites
and rings, asteroids and comets, extra-solar planets, tests of general
from the Edge of Time and Space: Discoveries about quasars, spiral
and elliptical galaxies.
Science '94: Findings about Black Holes, the Great Comet Crash,
and the Death of Stars.
Now: Information on technology spinoffs here on Earth.