Telescopes: Hubble & beyond (ft. Stephenie Bernard & Benji Metha)

In light of science’s latest and greatest big project on everybody’s lips right now – the James Webb Space Telescope – Kate and Matt are joined by astronomer Stephanie Bernard (and our regular space consultant Benji Metha) to talk about some of the OTHER telescopes out there! What is the Hubble Space Telescope and why was it made? What advantages do space telescopes have over the ones here on earth? Where does astronomy even come from? Stick around ‘til the end to hear Kate answer this month’s listener question all about mozzies! If you loved what Stephi had to say, you can find more of her on her podcast: Spaghettification, at https://www.spaghettification.com.au/, @spagpod on Twitter, and @spaghettificationpodcast on Instagram. You can find Stephi personally on Twitter under @astro_stephi or on Insta under @stephoebe. As usual, you can find more from Benji on Instagram under @benjaminmetha, and find more of Kate @katehuckstep on Instagram or @huckstepkate on Twitter. You can find more of Matt on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-865675098, or on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv0HlknPTGfvHpFfv4wL6Qat And as always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, Instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to curiosityrat@gmail.com We also have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have some coin to chuck our way, it really helps with all the time and effort that does into making the show! Listener Question References: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12083361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127358/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022191016303158?via%3Dihub https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315685/#:~:text=Bananas%20and%20beer%20%5B20%2C21,likelihood%20of%20contact%20and%20biting. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01541-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28195-x https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122716 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ps.6635 https://youtu.be/38gVZgE39K8