🥷
💡
💡 Fun Facts
💡

after a disastrous flaw and costly repairs to the Hubble telescope dented public trust, Bob Williams was called crazy to bet his job and 10 precious days for observing nothing near the Big Dipper. The result was revolutionary beyond imagination, the first Hubble Deep Field photo

•1 min read


Fun Fact: after a disastrous flaw and costly repairs to the Hubble telescope dented public trust, Bob Williams was called crazy to bet his job and 10 precious days for observing “nothing” near the Big Dipper. The result was revolutionary beyond imagination, the first Hubble Deep Field photo

Source favicon

Source

vox.com

Share this fascinating fact! 🥷

Share on XDiscover more facts

💡More Fun Facts

Keep exploring and learning

. Jamie Livingston, a photographer from New York City, took a Polaroid picture every day for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. His initial photo was of his then-girlfriend, and his last image was of him in his deathbed, succumbing to cancer.

Read →

The first known résumé was created by Leonardo da Vinci when he applied to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It was mainly a list of his designs for siege weapons, such as trebuchets, and he also mentioned his artistic abilities by saying In painting, I can do everything possible. He was successful in his application and was hired for the job.

Read →

Bruce Springsteen originally wrote the song Hungry Heart for the Ramones at the request of Joey Ramone, but ended up keeping and recording the song himself on the advice of his producer and manager, Jon Landau. It became Springsteen s first big hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #5.

Read →

that the actor Lorne Greene, later known for his roles on Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica , first achieved fame as a Radio Newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the early days of WWII. He became known as The Voice of Doom because of the grim news he often reported.

Read →

in 1973, Stevie Wonder was the passenger in a vehicle that hit a logging truck. The truck lost its load and a log struck Stevie in the forehead leaving him in a coma for 10 days, His friend, Ira Tucker, was the first to elicit a response from him when she sang Higher Ground in his ear.

Read →

The Babcock father and son team constructed the first solar magnetograph, which allowed them to measure the general magnetic field of the sun. The son, Horace Babcock, was able to discover magnetic fields in more distant stars with his own invention

Read →
Explore All Fun Facts