Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth (VIDEO)

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Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe Earth-like planets around other stars in search for worlds similar to our own. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHbiPO8bAts Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13680

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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