Inbox Astronomy: Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery

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Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery

Release date: Monday, March 7, 2022 10:00:00 AM EST

The ACS continues to deliver ground-breaking science.

When astronauts installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on March 7, 2002, the Hubble Space Telescope was already famous for taking deep images of the distant universe. ACS went even deeper, pushing humanity's view of the universe back to within 435 million years of the Big Bang and capturing images of the earliest objects in the cosmos. It also helps map the distribution of dark matter, searches for massive planets and studies the evolution of clusters of galaxies. The longevity and consistency of ACS is critical for monitoring cosmic phenomena over time. In its 20 years aboard Hubble, ACS has taken over 125,000 pictures and spawned numerous discoveries.

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