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NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency prefer that people think of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, not its replacement. Why is that, and what’s the difference between the two?

While the Hubble Space Telescope is back to full science operations after a computer glitch sidelined it for weeks, the pioneering 31-year-old observatory won't last forever in space. Most of the attention about "successors" falls on the $8 billion USD ($10 billion CAD) NASA James Webb Space Telescope, which may launch this year with Canadian technology to a Lagrange point. But cheaper alternatives are emerging, …

In 2017 scientists were surprised and delighted when a mysterious object was discovered transiting out solar system in an unusual trajectory. That object was named ‘Oumuamua.

On April 24, 1990 the Space Shuttle Discovery launched with a crew of five astronauts whose primary mission on STS-31 was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope.

There are important lessons to be learned from the on-orbit servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.