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Through The Looking Glass

TED Radio Hour

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Using Telescopes for Astronomy

The first instances of using telescopes for astronomy began just a few years after the last naked eye supernova. Our senses can only take us so far in understanding the world around us, but with the right tools we can look further and push past those limits. Are we alone in the universe? Where did we come from? S e universe going? What is our place int because sometimes big discoveries only happen if we're willing to fall down the rabbit hole.

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