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Abigail BanerjiApril 25, 2020 11:18:42 IST
Thirty years ago, on April 24, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope and fundamentally changed the way humans thought about the cosmos. With repairs and updates, Hubble has been one of the space agency’s longest-running observatories and has been transmitting images to Earth for decades.
NASA said Hubble’s launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since the Galileo telescope.
Hubble is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space and has an unobstructed view of the universe.
The Hubble Space Telescope has completed 30 years in space. Image courtesy of: NASA
According to a report by the BBCNASA, which runs the observatory in association with the European Space Agency (ESA), has said that Hubble’s operations will continue as long as it remains productive.
He also mentions that the Hubble telescope data resulted in the publication of nearly 1,000 scientific articles last year, making its relevance unquestionable.
The report says Hubble played a central role in revealing the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the accelerated expansion of the cosmos. It also provided evidence of the existence of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
An article of National Geographic points to the story behind the discovery of black holes. It says that in 1995, astronomer Bob Williams came up with the idea for NASA to point Hubble towards a dark spot in the sky, causing humans to realize that there are thousands of galaxies.
Next year, NASA plans to launch the more responsive James Webb Space Telescope, but Hubble will not stop using it.
Hubble even posted a video on Twitter of astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson wishing him a happy 30th birthday and exploring why the telescope is so loved by people around the world.
# Hubble30 Astrophysicist, author and scientific communicator. @neiltyson Wish Hubble a happy 30th birthday and explore why the telescope is so loved by people around the world. #HappyBirthdayHubble pic.twitter.com/LGR4GvqX4H
– Hubble (@NASAHubble) April 23, 2020
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