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First, he discovered the existence of far of galaxies and was able to show the galaxies in all stages of evolution (amazingspace.org). These galaxies had never been discovered or seen before this. The Hubble space telescope also helped answer how rapidly the universe is expanding and for how long. Thanks to the Hubble telescope we were able to determine that the universe is 13-14 billion years old (hubblesite.org). This question had caused great controversy before. Additionally, the space telescope helped discover the existence of dark energy, which is a mysterious force that causes expansions of the universe to accelerate. In addition to that, they were able to discovered gamma-ray bursts which are powerful explosions of energy. Another discovery that was made is the finding of protoplanetary disks and clumps of gas and dust around a young star that served as a birthing ground for new planets. The Hubble Space Telescope also discovered the identity of quasars. (hubblesite.org) Finally, the Hubble Space Telescope identified the most distant galaxy, which is about 13.2 billion light years away (sciencedaily.com). All in all the Hubble Space Telescope made many amazing discoveries and we were able to learn an abundance of things because of