Hubble Telescope & the Shelbyville Connection

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth about 340 miles up, circling the globe every 95 minutes at 17,000 miles per hour. Because it's outside our atmosphere, it gives us super clear images of deep space things like distant galaxies, black holes, and stars being born. It's been sending back mind-blowing photos for over 30 years and completely changed how we understand the universe. The telescope is named after Edwin Hubble, one of the most important astronomers in history. In the 1920s, he proved that those fuzzy blobs in the night sky were actually other galaxies, way beyond the Milky Way. Then he discovered that the universe is expanding, which laid the groundwork for the our understanding of the space. Basically, he took our view of the universe and cracked it wide open. But here's the part most people don't know, before all that, Edwin Hubble lived right here in Shelbyville, Kentucky. From 1909 to 1911, his family lived on Bland Avenue. This was before he became a big name in science, but it's kind of wild to think that one of the greatest minds in space science once walked the same streets we do today. So next time you're looking up at the stars, just remember, the guy the Hubble Telescope was named after might've done the same thing right here in Shelbyville, long before he changed the way we see the universe.