Hubblecast 27: What has Hubble taught us about the planets?

For nineteen years, NASA/ESA' s Hubble Space Telescope has made some of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of astronomy but it has also helped scientists learn more about our own Solar System. From its vantage point 600 km above the Earth, Hubble has studied every planet in our Solar System except Mercury where light from the Sun would damage its instruments.

Hubble has captured the impact of a comet on Jupiter, immense storms on Neptune and even tiny dwarf planets at the edge of our Solar System. The veteran telescope keeps a watchful eye on our solar backyard.

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Credit:

ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen)
Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
Animations: Martin Kornmesser
Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
Written by: Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen
Host: Dr. J
Narration: Robert Fosbury
Cinematography: Peter Rixner
Music: movetwo
Credits for additional photos and footage:
Aurora image: United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang
Surface of Titan: NASA-JPL/ESA
New Horizons footage: NASA/JHU/APL
Directed by: Colleen Sharkey