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NASA Pays Birthday Tribute to Edwin Hubble

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has paid a tribute to American astronomer Edwin Hubble on the occasion of his birthday. The space organisation has shared a video in which they have highlighted the discoveries that were made by the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope, which is named after the astronomer, is the first major optical telescope.

This telescope is placed in space and has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of astronomy since 1990.