Can Hubble still hang? How the space telescope compares to its successors after 35 years of cosmic adventures

As this image of the spiral galaxy IC 4633 located 100 million light-years away shows, even at 35 Hubble can still produce STUNNING cosmic images.

This Thursday (April 24), the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years in space — and even though Hubble has continuously delivered stunning space images and vital data since 1990, it isn't unfair to ask whether the instrument can still deliver goods with the same level of quality. Thirty-five years of age for a space telescope is no joke.

So, can Hubble still hold its own and prove itself useful when compared to other, more recently built space instruments like NASA's $10 billion golden goose, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)?