Hubble Telescope Glasses
June 25, 2025 • EPISODE 271
Learn more about the incredible story behind NASA’s solution to the Hubble Space Telescope’s flawed mirror. Discover how scientists and astronauts used an ingenious optical correction—essentially “glasses” for the telescope—to turn a near-disaster into one of NASA’s greatest engineering triumphs.
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Whoah! That’s pretty exciting! I have a telescope! It’s not quite as sophisticated as the one shown in this episode. It’s remarkable to see how far technology has come!
space is cool i love science live
Oh my! This was awesome! Thank you Dr B!! <3
It’s funny how small things change everything. Like when the telescope took blurry pictures before NASA added costar to the telescope.
My brother has a telescope.
I love space
What’s the coolest thing the Hubble Telescope has ever seen in space?
How much does Hubble Telescope cost?
Never thought id see Science Live showcasing a Hubble telescope
Woh!! That’s actually so crazy, I have a tiny telescope.
I think the photographs from the Hubble telescope are really amazing. I didn’t know there were so may asteroids.
It’s very amazing how much you can learn from these videos
The Hubble telescope glasses are cool.
The images from the Hubble Telescope are amazing. Space is so beautiful and mysterious. It’s funny how ideas for an invention, or how to fix one, can come from things we see or use everyday.
Science is one of my favorite classes and im glad I can enjoy it on Acellus! I also love R-51!
Can it spot Supernovas?
Space is awesome
I really love butterflies and I will plant milkweed for them.
I recently visited the Griffith observatory AND was able to get in to use/see the moon with the Zeiss telescope!
I love telescopes they’re so amazing!
This was one of my favorite lives, because I love space.
It is very interesting that this special telescope that has 3,000 mega pixels can take pictures of what is outside our planet. What is really cool is that there are lots of asteroids outside of our Earth’s atmosphere.
The space pictures are beautiful!
I just want to thank Acellus because i am able to graduate this year 2026 and do cosmontology school
I have used a small telescope to see the moon
I love telescopes
It’s so incredible that people can make superstructures like the Hubble telescope work the way they do. It’s incredible to see how humans as a whole have come so far!
I’ve always loved looking at the stars. It was fascinating to learn how people discovered how to see asteriodes, galaxies, and planets with just a few pieces of glass.
I try hard every day.science and math are my favorite subjects.
Space is cool!
I liked the hubble telescope mirrors.
I really liked how they talked about the mirrors with the stars, and the light would bounce off the mirror and hit in the reflection to make it look a lot closer
Congratulations USA Gymnasts!
My favorite part about this video was learning about how people are trying to build houses on Mars it’s very cool! I’m very glad that I learned some new things today thank you.
Space is a beautiful thing but what’s impressive is how us humans created telescopes to see this beautiful space of gas in all kinds of different lights
I’m glad they were able to fix the issues because now we get to look at the beautiful expanses of space
I’ve always been fascinated by Issac Newton’s intelligence!!
Congrats USA Gymnasts! That floor dance was sweet!
I did Gymnastics for a while, and got to Lvl 6. Wish I could be doin’ it still.
I’ve always been fascinated by Issac Newton’s intelligence.
Looking through telescope glasses is interesting.
Congratulations USA Gymnasts!
I appreciate that Mr. Billings cares about the students of Acellus Academy.
Space is so beautiful! I’m happy we have telescopes to see it 🙂
I’ve always found telescopes to be so interesting! The hobble telescope was cool to hear about.It would be cool to look though to see the stars.
I enjoyed learning about the hubble telescope.
I like the video. I like that they fixed the telescope. I like how the telescope can see far in space.
Awesome! I love Hubble!
I enjoyed the video. Its amazing how the Hubble telescope can see space that’s close and far away and the pictures looks so clear.
I liked learning about the hubble telescope.
This video was super interesting
Oooh I love everything to do with space, especially astrology.
Very interesting to see how they fixed the problem with the Hubble telescope!
I love looking at pictures from a telescope, its all so gorgeous!
Fun to learn new things
Astronomy has always been my favorite topic in science and always fascinates me.
And it has been my dream to be an astronomer.
this was really fun to watch!!
“We are a family from Brazil with two children studying at Acellus online. Because of financial challenges, we had to leave their former school, and the American School here was far beyond our reach. What seemed like a setback became a blessing—Acellus opened the door to knowledge and growth we could never have found in a regular school.
Dr. Roger, please keep going—continue this wonderful mission that God has placed in your hands. You have already reached another continent! Perhaps one day, Acellus can bring this same hope to children in many other countries who don’t have the chance to study at an American school.
We are loving every moment, especially Science Live, and our children are learning more each day. This is just the beginning!”
— With gratitude from Brazil 🇧🇷
Viewing the stars and space through a telescope is mesmerizing! I could view for hours on end.
cool!
I love sitting outside on a clear night to watch the stars. My mom and I have been able to see Saturn and it’s rings on her telescope. Hopefully the sky can clear up tonight so we can watch the meteor shower.
Love this!
Interesting video!!!
Love this!
I find it so fascinating how a telescope can discover galaxies and objects beyond lightyears away from us,
There are so many stars some nights it looks like the busted out because the whole sky has stars.
I loved this one
Amazing video
wow
Space is so cool. I would love to get a telescope!
Love learning about space
I love looking at the stars and space
Amazing video!
Merica
I am learning about space in science class right now!
It is exciting and fun
space is cool. I like the funny voice/character Dr B does in his videos
Who would have thought that such an expensive piece of equipment would need fixing that soon?
love learning about space
I’ve always been fascinated with telescopes!
I’ve been wanting a episode about space!
Awesome one!
I love space
This was so cool to learn about! can’t wait for more episodes!
I love Extra gum
Cool facts! I would’ve never guessed that the Hubble Telescope had glasses!
i love space im trying to save up and get a telescope
Cool video
I love telescopes so this was really interesting!!
Space is so cool and i loved this episode
This is so cool!
This was great, thank you! I had no idea that the Hubble telescope had glasses.
I love learning about NASA
The Hubble Telescope Glasses are amazing.
Thank you for another great episode!!
Did they ever take Hubble completely apart or do the still use glasses?
I enjoyed learning about the Hubble Space Telescope.
LOVED LEARNING ABOUT THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE.
Great episode! I love this!
Space is so cool and I love learning about it!
thanks dr.b for the great video!
I’m always excited for a new video
love this!
love the video
Great episode ! I love learning about new things with Acellus!
The magic show sounds so cool. Great episode
Very interesting episode, I love anything about Space!
That’s what I am learning in science right now lol! (space)
The idea of a telescope is so fascinating.
This is really fascinating!
Learning about Hubble telescopes is an interesting thing I enjoyed this video .
What makes the different colors in the galaxy?
Wow, I have never seen anything like this before.
I love it
THIS WAS COOL!
I think it’s amazing that in a time of desperation that they were able to come to gather as a collective and become triumphant in their almost disaster. That’s very inspiring to me.
That’s fascinating. Thank for this episode.
Amazing Live!
It’s crazy how such a small mistake could cause something so major, 1/50th of a hair sized mistake blurred it *that* much. Wow.
Telescopes are so interesting!
This was Amazing!!
that was really cool to learn that even the telescope needed “glasses”
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has always fascinated me, I’m really glad they made a Science Live about it!
The fact that the great idea of fixing the space telescope came to a guy while he was showering is just amazing .
Love the video.
the best video!!
I really enjoy learning about how stars are formed and how they shine. The visuals and explanation were amazing, thank you for making science fun.
this was very interesting learning more about this telescope.
This episode is a good one. Telescopes are so cool.
Love Dr. B’s videos!
Thank you for the lesson.
Telescopes are really cool!
The way that the hubble telescope was fixed took imagination. I really like all of the scientific information every week.
Amazing!!
I love space! I love the ocean as well!
Magic show thing sounds cool.🆒 I love you so much and there’s lots of courses that I’ve been through and I love it. I wish I could come to the Acellus World I can’t I have other plans. I love Dr. Roger Billings. You bring pride to every student and I love that he makes science fun.
I’m happy to be in this school!
Watching from Korea
I love lying on my trampoline in the backyard, looking into the sky, and looking for different shapes made from stars.
The work done to correct the clarity of the telescope is quite amazing.
Pretty cool episode! It’s amazing to me how this tech can be thrown off by such minuscule little things. 1/50th of a human hair causing that much of an issue for something so high-tech is crazy. Thanks, God bless.
So insane to think about how far technology has come! Love this!
The museum joke was priceless. I never knew the lenses dimmed the image.
R-51 is the best person on Science Live
this episode was super interesting!
I really like space. The photos were cool.
I’ve always heard of Hubble but never realized how insane it was!
I want r-51 as my teacher.
I love the r-51
I love space that is all I think of. I love Science LIVE😄
Telescopes are so interesting but also useful
Great video
Wow! I never realized there were so many asteroids not included in the millions that are apart of the asteroid belt, and other groups of asteroids. I always forget how big the universe really is, and I’m always amazed when I see it put into perspective.
Cool video today
I feel bad for r-51
Its really amazing what people can think of when they put panic aside, and start rationally putting things together.
R-51 made me laugh so hard lol!
I am very thankful for this school and the amount of effort you put in to make it as successful as it is!
I am so looking forward to watching the Acellus World episode.
It’s kind of like going into a whole new world when using a telescope! At least for me, I used to have a telescope at my old school and it was actually kind of fun to use from time to time. It’s insane how well it can enhance your vision and help you laser in on a certain object that you would place under its light and use the lens to focus on whatever you may place under the light.
Love this💗💗
The pictures of the fixed Hubble telescope were breathtaking. The OPTIMUS PRIME of EDUCATION🤣😂 I was excited about Acellus World but knowing now, that I’ll be able to see the conspiracy theories class, I am exuberant! When will the conspiracy theories class be broadcasted on science live?
THANK YOU FOR THE BEST HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Telescopes are really cool!
Super interesting and I loved r-51!
I just think that it’s so amazing, how much we dont know about space. There are billions upon billions of galaxy’s out there, I cant stop but wonder, are there different planets out there? Is there planets outside of galaxy’s? Its just so amazing to think, we are only one planet, and there are so many things bigger, it just blows me away.
The Hubble telescope is amazing, and it captured so many awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing the information about the mirror issues.
Interesting facts!
How fast can light reflect on mirror’s?
It was funny when r51 walked away, as soon as the phone rang.
I so enjoyed this
R-51 got my dying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Telescopes are awesome!
What thats so amazing it captured that many galaxies in one picture, it’s so cool seeing how many galaxies there really are!
Can’t believe how we went from discovering how to make fire to how we can see other plants from earths stratosphere.
great live
Exciting!
I really liked learning about the mirror on the Hubble telescope. It’s especially neat how they made glasses for the telescope so they could get a more clear image