A Scientific Revolution: the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Jonathan Gardner on 23rd February 2011.

Astronomy is going through a scientific revolution, responding to a flood of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, other space mission and large telescopes on the ground. In this talk, I will discuss some of the most important astronomical discoveries of the last 10 years and the role that space telescopes have played in those discoveries.