Space Telescopes and Instruments

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the iconic images of the Pillars of Creation, which are vast columns of interstellar gas and dust located in the Eagle Nebula.

The James Webb Space Telescope has a primary mirror diameter of 6.5 meters, making it the largest space telescope ever launched.

The Planck Surveyor, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), and Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) are all space telescopes designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory carries three primary instruments: the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS), the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS), and the High Resolution Camera (HRC).

The Kepler Space Telescope was specifically designed to search for exoplanets and discovered thousands of them during its mission.

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is a radio telescope that observes radio waves from distant galaxies and other astronomical objects.

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a collaboration of several radio telescopes that have been able to image black holes, including the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

The Hubble Space Telescope carries several instruments, including the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).

The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to study the early universe and observe the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang.

The Spitzer Space Telescope carries three primary instruments: the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS), and the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS).

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is designed to study gamma rays, which are the most energetic form of light.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is designed to map the entire sky every few nights, allowing astronomers to study a wide range of astronomical phenomena.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) is a space telescope designed to observe ultraviolet light from galaxies.

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission carries three primary instruments: the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), the X-Ray Telescope (XRT), and the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT).