This month, the Hubble Telescope celebrates twenty years in
space. Why should we care? And does an orbiting telescope matter
to those of us who aren't scientists? Caroline Moore became the
youngest person to discover a supernova on November 7, 2008 (at
the age of 14). She explains why, yes, the Hubble matters. And
Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in
Philadelphia, shares discoveries that the Hubble has revealed
about the universe, which will blow your mind. Caroline's eleven
facts about the Hubble, as well as a Nova-sponsored video
profile on her own work, are below. To learn more about the
Hubble, tune in to Nova's mini-series "Hunting the Edge of
Space." Caroline Moore's Eleven Facts Everyone Should Know About
The Hubble Space Telescope: The Hubble Space Telescope was named
for the notable astronomer Edwin Hubble and was launched April
24, 1990. Hubble has looked further into space than any other
instrument: some 20 billion light years. In 2003, Hubble looked
at a small patch of spac