in 2016 double celebrated its 26th year
in space more than a quarter of a
century of intriguing observations and
remarkable discoveries but what is there
left for Hubble and the forthcoming
james webb space telescope to do we have
asked astronomers working with and
developing the telescope's what they
think we can expect over the coming
years things that were thinking about
are changing rapidly and so questions
that were trying to ask today we've only
just begun to think about them in many
cases they are new questions and so when
you have observatories that have the
kind of transformational abilities like
double or web to really take you places
you haven't gone before to make you
think about questions you haven't asked
before it can move the whole field
forward very quickly
Hubble is one of the most successful
astronomical instruments in history and
has made its mark on almost every field
of astronomy but its achievements go
beyond science to its unique influence
on wider society Hubble has always been
a telescope for the public and as such
it has changed humanity's view of the
universe
well I think that Hubble has been really
revolutionary in the field also because
then the public could be in contact with
space and and really feel part of it not
only I mean as a scientist of course i
would have many things to tell about the
great opportunities for science but i
think the the great opportunities for
the public to meet the science and to
meet the universe was incredibly nice
couples biggest accomplishment has been
just opening up the entire universe to
us in ways that we hadn't really
imagined before it gets the cumulative
sum of all of the observations of
Hubble's taken that has given us just
such a different view of what the
universe is like in our place in it that
you know it's been really revolutionary
Hubble's place in popular culture has
inspired the public to consider the
universe differently and it will
continue to do so
but it's very human appeal has also
influenced the work and the lives of the
many astronomers who have built careers
around it
I've been growing up with Hubble since
since I started working in astronomy
so how has become a very close friend of
mine and I've been through all the ups
and downs that have a headed and it fell
ill and needed cure and I'm i'm thrilled
by the human aspect with that we had to
have astronauts going up servicing it
and i had the opportunity to meet some
of them so it's it's beyond the science
there's a very human story of
exploration of the universe involved
which I found very fascinating and
seeing the next big observatory being
ready to launch this is a very exciting
moment in time so I'm I'm thrilled that
i will hopefully have the opportunity to
make use of that myself as the
astronomers who grew up with Hubble
awaits the launch of the James Webb
Space Telescope a key question to ask is
what is left for Hubble what more does
it have to show us
we will prop tell operations in other
galaxies and so that will give some
clues on some mysteries that we have
today and that will prob a very large
universe but not only in space but also
in time and really we really need to
look back in time and to have
information about is it was the
situation the similar in the very early
universe for example for the formation
of stars or was it very different we
have something that is related in terms
of information that is related to
cosmology or does it happen that
everywhere in the same way independently
of the time that the cosmic time that
these stars formed I think we're going
to learn a lot more about how stars form
and I suspect we're going to learn a lot
more about what's happening in the early
universe even though that's one of webs
prime science drivers you still need the
hubble data for context and so I think
that those are all big areas
the mysteries lurking in the early
universe and uncovering the very first
galaxies but reside there are areas that
will be tackled by the hubble and webb
teams a new collaboration of telescopes
that will take Hubble into the future
with the same huge potential for
discovery that we have seen and for the
last 26 years so in its in the infrared
web will provide images and information
with the kind of clarity that Hubble
provides an optical and ultraviolet
wavelengths and I think when you see an
astronomical object at one wavelength
immediately want to know what it looks
like in a different color different
wavelengths and so having both of them
together certainly going to be more
powerful than either of them alone so
will happen with the help of james webb
be able to solve the big mysteries of
modern astronomy the origins of the
universe the formation of stars the
nature of dark matter and dark energy
the answer is that nobody knows
and as we have seen in the past it's not
just the new answers but the new and
currently inconceivable questions thrown
up by telescopes such as Hubble that
make them revolutionary and Hubble is
still up to the challenge
well more generally speaking we are
we're entering new territory in many
fields of astronomy so we have
discovered over the past 20 years that
the universe is filled with dark energy
and is actually accelerating in its
expansion we have discovered extrasolar
planets so there's a huge range of
absolutely novel physics and astronomy
that we didn't even know that it existed
when habit was launched so I think
that's one of the big fascination and
astronomy that we simply don't know what
the future holds of having having these
very powerful observatories both in
space at the same time I'm really sure
that there will be new discoveries
coming along
I say that with this new instrument we
will have a lot of surprises that we
don't expect now and I think that's
really replace the moment where you will
have exciting discoveries there is a lot
of work left to do in astronomy and
astronomers will continue to work with
Hubble to make sense of the universe we
are ready to be surprised by nature
beyond our wildest imaginations as a kid
you learn these basics right that the
universe is unchanging and that the
stars are there forever and that you
know it's more or less static universe
out there and when you start working in
this field you realize how dynamic it is
how much things change even how much
your your understanding changes which is
just as remarkable and I think in that
sense it's really exciting to be part of
something where every day you come in
and you know the next big discovery is
just a few hours away or a few days away
and that's the way it is with Hubble and
this way it's going to be with web
now that you've caught up with Hubble
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