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.