Lynn: Galileo said the Bible tells you how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. I see telescopes as revealing how majestic the universe is to us. Our three pounds of gray matter actually can figure out how the universe works based on the information telescopes bring to us. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in early 1990s and has been one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built. It had a problem when we launched it because the shapes didn't work together but all the mirrors were perfect. And so now more women are involved in the space program. So this is a frontier of culture. Except for you and I, we will show up and we will say extraterrestrial friend
This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the first telescope. On this week’s show, we reflect on how telescopes have shifted our perspective on how small we are in size, space, and time. We also discuss how they help astronomers discover new and interesting aspects of the universe, from Earth-like planets to supernova, from black holes to the Big Bang.
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