The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble’s longest-running optical camera, ...

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NASA reported today that it had successfully restarted the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) after its weeks of hibernation following the loss of the primary Science ...

With ten years in space (and counting), the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has returned a treasure-trove of great images. Although many of these have been burned into our consciences, others have ...

The Hubble Space Telescope's legendary Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has produced one of its last images, a gorgeous shot of a planetary nebula. The nebula, a colorful cloud of gas and dust named ...

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A powerful software tool capable of accurately modeling how cameras capture light could help democratize the development of new imaging systems for use in space. In the vast expanse of space, an ...

The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, a ...