Hubble watched a lunar eclipse to see Earth from an alien’s perspective

It's the first time the space telescope has observed such an event

Hubble Space Telescope during total lunar eclipse

In January 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope (illustrated against the backdrop of the moon) made its first observations of a total lunar eclipse.

M. Kornmesser/Hubble/ESA

To practice searching for extraterrestrial life, researchers have run a dress rehearsal with the one world they know to be habitable: Earth.