Slide 1

Advantages of Space

Disadvantages of the Ground

Advantages of Space

Space-Based Astronomy

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Hubble Vital Statistics

The Hubble Deep Field

Hubble’s Uncertain Future

Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Highest Tech Mirrors Ever!

A “Type 2” Hidden Quasar

Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

A Multiwavelength Look at Cygnus A

Crab Nebula Movie

Combining HST and Chandra:
The Crab Pulsar Wind

Another HST, Chandra Combo

XMM-Newton

The Power of the Infrared

Spitzer Space Telescope

Spitzer Space Telescope

Spitzer Space Telescope

Kepler’s Supernova with all three of NASA’s Great Observatories

FUSE

FUSE

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
(Scheduled launch: November 8, 2004)

Terrestrial Planet Finder

James Webb Space Telescope

Multi-wavelength Astronomy

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