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Hubblecast 68: The Hubble time machine

The ESA astronomy podcast, bringing you the latest from the Hubble Space Telescope

30 August 2013

For episode 68 of the Hubblecast, Hubble transforms into more than just a telescope — it becomes a time machine! How can Hubble "look back in time" to see the Universe as it was billions of years ago? Dr. J explores the vast scale of our Universe, explaining how Hubble can be used to grasp cosmic distances, view very distant galaxies, and even explore our own past.

Credit: ESA/Hubble

Directed by: Nicola Guttridge
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Nicola Guttridge
Presented by: Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa
Images and animations: ESA/Hubble and NASA, M. Kornmesser

Clips from Hubble IMAX 3D video “Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time”. Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI)
Milky Way animation: Nick Risinger
Supernova animation (hubblecast64b): ESA/Hubble (L. Calçada)
Time machine model: Hameed

Music: Zero Project
Web and technical support: Mathias Andre and Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematography: Peter Rixner (www.perix-media-gmbh.de)
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen