For as long as humanity has had a conscience, mankind has looked at the stars for answers, and millions of years into evolution we have continued to do so, creating more and more devices to take us a step further into the boundaries of space - but sometimes, things can get goofy, like the new release of a Hubble Telescope smiley face photo.
The Hubble Space Telescope, launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, is one of the great feats of mankind, and it has shown scientists across the planet a great number of discoveries and beautiful images of the universe around our tiny blue dot in space - like the Hubble Telescope smiley face.
According to CNN, the latest news regarding mankind's ventures into space can draw a grin to anyone's face - certainly, the Hubble Telescope smiley face photo can improve the day of anyone who sees it, as a sweet reminder that outer space isn't only beautiful but can also be sweet and funny.
Of course, as RT reports, the so-called smiley face is just a funny coincidence, and it's not exactly as if the universe is smiling back. Basically, the whole thing is a galaxy cluster, the most massive structures in our universe, which exert a very powerful gravitational pull, altering spacetime around them and creating a lens effect, modifying the light around them as if there were forms being created.
The whole thing sounds like dialogue from Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar."
"You can make out its two orange eyes and white button nose. In the case of this 'happy face,' the two eyes are very bright galaxies and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing," said the European Space Agency to Newsmax, explaining the Hubble Telescope smiley face phenomenon.
In any case, it's beautiful and comforting to see the Hubble Telescope smiley face - if only to imagine the universe around us is as much into emoticons as humankind!
