{"id":4360,"date":"2020-05-01T10:18:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:43","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-hubble-at-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2020\/05\/01\/pythagorean-astronomy-hubble-at-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: Hubble at 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pillars of Creation, one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images. Image credit: NASA, ESA \/ STScI \/ J. Hester & P. Scowen (ASU)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> is 30 years old – something that even its most enthusiastic supporters couldn’t have dreamt of when it launched in 1990. With the help of a host of astronomers and space scientists, Chris North<\/a> explores the history of the mission and the revolutionary discoveries that have been made.<\/p>\n

Prof Anu Ojha OBE<\/a>, Director of the National Space Centre<\/a>, recaps the launch of the mission and subsequent visits to repair and upgrade it.<\/p>\n

Cosmologist Prof Steve Eales<\/a> (Cardiff University) explores how Hubble has reached into the most distant reaches of our Universe. Prof Jane Greaves<\/a> (Cardiff University), meanwhile, delves into the hearts of star-forming regions where solar systems are in the process of forming.<\/p>\n

Closer to home, planetary scientist Prof Leigh Fletcher<\/a> (University of Leicester) uses Hubble to study the atmospheres of the giant planets in our Solar System, over both long and short timescales.<\/p>\n

Lastly, we look to the future, and the James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> – often billed as the successor to Hubble. Dr Sarah Kendrew<\/a>, ESA instrument scientist on the MIRI instrument, explains what this future telescope has learned from Hubble, and what we can expect in terms of discoveries.<\/p>\n

We finish with a look at one of Hubble’s most iconic images, and what it means for both astronomers and the general public.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Apr2020_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

An extended edition of an original broadcast on 30th Apr 2020 as part of Pythagoras’ Trousers on Radio Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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