EPISODE · Feb 27, 2026 · 7 MIN

Correcting Hubble's vision

from The Science Show - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990, astronomers realised its primary mirror, designed to focus minute amounts of light from distant planets, stars and galaxies, had the wrong curve.

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