It was Excellent. They discussed the history of the telescope and revolutionary discoveries in Astronomy. 

I was amazed when they said that there are 100 Billion Galaxies, each with 100 Billion Stars, more than all the grains of sand on all [...]]]> I watched Nova Tonight on PBS, entitled, “Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe.” www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

It was Excellent. They discussed the history of the telescope and revolutionary discoveries in Astronomy. 

I was amazed when they said that there are 100 Billion Galaxies, each with 100 Billion Stars, more than all the grains of sand on all the beaches and deserts on Earth. And the Universe is continuing to expand.

It was fascinating to find out that 95% of the Universe is made up of either dark energy or dark matter, and we don’t really know what these are.  The analogy given for dark matter was for us to think about the 70% of the Earth that is water, and to imagine that we had no ideas what water is. For dark energy, they can tell it is there because it causes distortions of images from space, but  again, they don’t know what it is.

Additionally, they showed how a group of astronomers found remnants from the Big Bang by observing ,via a radio telescope, that areas of space were hotter than some other areas. They won the Nobel Price for this. Quite a good discovery.

And, of course, I really liked the images of the different galaxies, such as the butterfly galaxy.

As I watched the show, though, I thought about classic questions, such as what was before the big bang and how did it get there? And since the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?  (These are questions best answered via Religion.)

So, don’t forget to look up and check-out the stars or go and play with some strings…

-Glenn

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And these days, we think the Earth may be round…

If we could travel to the edge of the Cosmos, what we find? (I know, a restaurant.)

But,  what is there beyond that place?   Nothing?

And if there is nothing, then why can’t we travel [...]]]> For Centuries, many people thought the Earth was flat. And that you could fall off the Earth.

And these days, we think the Earth may be round…

If we could travel to the edge of the Cosmos, what we find? (I know, a restaurant.)

But,  what is there beyond that place?   Nothing?

And if there is nothing, then why can’t we travel into the  “nothing?”

-Glenn

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