Hubble: Trouble & TriumphConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 619
Aug 20, 2020 • 53m
Celebrating 30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
Guest: Ray Villard, Hubble Space Telescope News Chief, NASA
The history of the Hubble Space Telescope has played out like a TV miniseries: anticipation, heartbreaking delay, success, setback, and redemption. Ray Villard has worked with Hubble over its entire lifetime and he tracks how the fabulous images it sends back have inspired scientists and the public alike.
Images:
Jupiter Impact
Jupiter Impact
Hubble Deep Field
Hubble Deep Field
The Pillars of Creation
The Pillars of Creation
Einstein’s Monsters
Guest: Chris Impey, Professor, Astronomy, and Associate Dean, Science, University of Arizona; author, "Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes"
Ubiquitous in pop culture, and enigmatic in science, black holes are still the universe’s greatest mystery. Astronomer Chris Impey tells us the story of how we found them, how they form, and what they could do for us in the future.