Hubble reveals decade of wonders
哈勃揭示宇宙十年奥秘

After it was launched in 1990, the Hubble space telescope, a $1.5 billion orbiting observatory, was found to have a glitch in its giant lens -- rendering Earth's first orbital observatory short-sighted.
哈勃太空望远镜造价达10.5亿美元，围绕地球旋转，在于1990年发射之后，人们发现哈勃的巨大透镜上有一微小的故障，该故障使得哈勃--第一个环绕地球的太空望远镜变得“近视”。

But after an audacious Shuttle repair mission, when Hubble was fixed with what is effectively a pair of eyeglasses to correct its sight, the telescope has returned some of the most stunning images ever captured by science.
但是，在太空飞船的一次冒险维修任务中，维修人员对哈勃对其本应有效工作的一对镜片矫正了其视力，在此之后，这台太空望远镜发回了天文学家捕捉的一些效果极佳的图片。

And now astronomers have voted for the best pictures taken by Hubble in its 16 years in orbit.
现在，天文学家投票选出了哈勃太空望远镜在环绕轨道上运行16年中拍摄得最好的一些图片。

Hubble's Top 10 illustrate that our universe is not only strange, but also impossibly beautiful.
哈勃的10大发现表明，我们的宇宙不仅奇特，而且美丽得难以置信。

It transmits about 120 gigabytes of information every week. That's equal to about 1100m of books on a shelf.
哈勃每周传回1200亿字节的信息，和1100米长的书架装载的书籍的信息量一样多。

By putting a telescope into space, astronomers can get views of distant objects without having to look through Earth's thick atmosphere.
通过把哈勃发射至太空，天文学家不需要通过地球厚厚的大气层就可以观察到遥远的物体。

Henry Lambright, science and technology professor at Syracuse University, New York, says: "The beautiful pictures that we see Hubble produce are gripping to everyone who looks at them. They transmit the magic of space in a way that words cannot."
纽约雪城大学(Syracuse University)科学与技术教授亨利•拉姆布莱特称,“哈勃望远镜拍摄的绚丽图片无论对谁而言都极具吸引力，传送空间的奥妙之处是言语无法描述的。”