Myth vs Reality: Longevity of Hubble

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.

 

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA, ESA, and STScI except:

 

·       Ground-based image of Carina Nebula © R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. Feron, and C. Thone

·       Twinkling star movie courtesy of Applied Optics Group (Imperial College), William Herschel Telescope

·       Gran Telescopio Canarias photo courtesy of Victor R. Ruiz

·       M51 image from Gran Telescopio Canarias courtesy of IAC/GTC

·       Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory

 

Music courtesy of Associated Production Music

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An illustration of a bull and constellations appears on the left with a telescope on the right. Text: Myth Vs. Reality 

 

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Myth: The Hubble Space Telescope has been replaced by the James Webb Space Telescope. 

 

Reality: Hubble is still orbiting Earth, capturing images and other important scientific information about the universe. Astronomers rely on Hubble to see visible and ultraviolet light, which Webb cannot detect. Many researchers use both telescopes to study the same objects.