Expanding Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope published by Taschen

Expanding Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope pairs Hubble Space Telescope imagery with essays, interviews, and astronaut perspectives, including updated material that extends the visual record of deep-space observation and explains how the images are produced.

“I would make room for this book because the accompanying scientific voices make the scale and strangeness of the images more intelligible rather than leaving them as decorative abstractions. Its usefulness is inseparable from the pleasure of looking.”
-Mrs. Mayfair

Product Details

• Publisher: Taschen
• Contributors: Contributing Authors: Charles F. Bolden Jr.; John Mace Grunsfeld; Owen Edwards; Zoltan Levay
• ISBN: 9783836583633
• Binding: Hardcover with fold-outs
• Pages: 260
• Languages: English, French, German
• Dimensions: 11.42″ × 11.42″
• Weight: 5.47 lb
• Included: Fold-out pages
• Subject: Photography

Care & Ownership

Keep the book in a cool, dry, stable interior away from prolonged direct sunlight, radiators, vents, leaks, and high humidity. Because of its scale and weight, store it flat and fully supported when upright shelving would strain the binding; lift it with two hands rather than by the spine. Open fold-outs on a fully supported surface and refold them along their existing creases without forcing the paper. Dust the cover and page edges gently with a clean, dry, soft cloth; never use household cleaners on the binding or pages.

Publisher / Heritage

Taschen was founded by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne in 1980 and remains an independent, family-run publisher. Its illustrated program spans art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, travel, lifestyle, and visual culture, with formats ranging from compact series to large-scale monographs, facsimiles, and collector editions. Across these books, reproduction, book design, and physical scale are treated as part of the editorial experience.

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