🔭 How did the invention of the telescope change our understanding of the universe? In this episode, we take a journey through the evolution of optical astronomy, from Galileo’s pioneering lenses to Edwin Hubble’s revolutionary discoveries.
📡 Discover how Hubble’s Law confirmed that the universe is expanding, and how the Hubble Space Telescope transformed cosmic observation, capturing breathtaking Deep Field images that revealed thousands of distant galaxies.
🚀 Key topics in this episode:
✅ Galileo’s first telescopes and their impact on astronomy
✅ Newton’s reflector telescope – an innovation in optical design
✅ Edwin Hubble’s groundbreaking research on galaxies and the expanding universe
✅ How the Hubble Space Telescope changed astronomy forever
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#Astronomy #SciencePodcast #Telescopes #Optics #Galileo #Newton #Hubble #JWST #ELT #HubbleTelescope #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #AI #mubert
📖 References & Further Reading:
Galileo Galilei - Sidereus Nuncius (1610)
Edwin Hubble - A Relation Between Distance and Radial Velocity Among Extra-Galactic Nebulae (1929)
Hubble Deep Field Observations
Jonathan P. Gardner et al. - The James Webb Space Telescope Mission (2023)
The Extremely Large Telescope
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