Space & discovery · News English
Hubble goes around Earth
A space telescope reaches a big number.
Your goal: say what a tool can do. Use can + verb.
A long journey in space
What can Hubble do?
1Hubble is a telescope in space. A telescope helps people look at things far away. Hubble moves around Earth. One journey around Earth is called an orbit.
2On 23 September, NASA shared a big number. Hubble finished its 200,000th orbit on 19 September. That means two hundred thousand journeys around our planet. Hubble has been in space for more than 36 years.
3Hubble can look at the same place in space again and again. Scientists can compare what they see. This helps them learn about changes in space. The photograph here is old. It shows Hubble in May 2009. It is not a photograph from September 2026.
Original teaching summary. Language examples and model answers are illustrative, not news quotations.
Word help · Three useful words
Read the meanings and examples. Choose one word to use in your own sentence.
telescope
a tool for looking at things far away
We use a telescope to look at the sky.
journey
travel from one place to another
My journey to school is short.
again
one more time
Please say it again.
Check your reading · Three questions
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Useful English: can
Use can + verb for an ability: My phone can take photos. Keep the verb simple: can take, not can takes.
This phone sentence is a learning example.
What can your phone do? Say two sentences.
Model and help
Model: My phone can take photos. It can play music.
Alone: say both sentences again. Tutor: ask Can it show maps?
Speak: a useful tool
Choose a tool. Say its name and two things it can do. Speak for 30 seconds.
Start: My … can …
Labelled model answer
My computer can show photos. It can play music. I like my computer.
This is an illustrative model, not news.
Alone: repeat with another tool. Tutor: ask What can you do with it?
Mastery check · Three questions
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Sources and reporting date
NASA report: 23 September 2026, 09:55 EDT (UTC-04:00). Archive photograph: 13 May 2009, not the milestone day.
- NASA: Hubble reaches 200,000 orbits
Original report, 23 September 2026, 09:55 EDT.