The Hubble Space Telescope - From Cosmological Conflict to Alien Atmospheres
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Hubble has become increasingly powerful through servicing
Hubble instruments provide unique capabilities
The power of the two newest cameras
The power of Hubble's two spectrographs
Hubble science spans the breadth of astrophysical phenomena
New "spatial scanning" mode driving advances in each case
Cosmic expansion from supernovae calibrated via Cepheld stars
Complementary programs exploring cosmic expansion
Hubble Frontier Fields - Director's Discretionary program - 840 orbits
Exoplanet science began in the 1980s
Hubble is the premier facility for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres
Hubble works synergistically with Solar System missions
Hubble's ULLYSES program is building a legacy archive of young stars
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