Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same. Also, isobare [ahy-suh-bair] /ËaÉª sÉËbÉÉr/ (Show IPA). Physics, Chemistry. one of two or more atoms having equal atomic weights but different atomic numbers.
Hubble Essentials. With the Hubble Space Telescope on board, Discovery begins its roll maneuver after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center on April 24, 1990. This low-angle view of the launch shows the shuttle atop the external tank, flanked by two solid rocket boosters, as it rises into the sky.
Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953). Edwin Hubble, for whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named, was one of the leading astronomers of the twentieth century. His discovery in the 1920s that countless galaxies exist beyond our own Milky Way galaxy revolutionized our understanding of the universe and our place within it.