NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 09:37
in Astronomy & Space
Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609, marking the dawn of modern astronomy. In conjunction with Galileo's birthday on Feb. 15, NASA is releasing images of spiral galaxy M101 from its Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory -- to more than 100 planetariums, museums, nature centers, and schools across the country.