Canada has a chance to lead the successor to the Hubble, and the world is waiting on us to act

The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded outer space in UV light, but it's wearing down and its orbit is decaying. Canada is set to the lead the way for its successor. Photograph by Pixabay

Opinion

BY GUY NELSON, SARAH GALLAGHER, GILLES JONCAS, ALLISON MAN, TYRONE WOODS

March 11, 2024

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the cosmos for over 30 years. Today, Hubble still provides the world something that the phenomenal James Webb and other space telescopes can’t: an eye on the universe in UV (“ultraviolet”) l...

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