- 27 Dec 2021 00:00
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Every time we build a better telescope, the Universe gets bigger, and weirder.
That's about to happen again.
I am almost certainly wrong, but here's my 2 cents. There wasn't a Big Bang for the entire Universe, just for our part of it. We're missing something fundamental about the universe, and I'm hoping the Webb scope will answer what, but it's unlikely that will happen for some time to come. Assuming we become able figure it out over the course of this century.
My Mom died just after Hubble went up. She would have loved it.She was really into astronomy. She dragged me to meetings and cold middle of the night viewings using huge amateur scopes (huge by the standards of hobbyists). I'm hoping I last long enough to see some of the stuff we get from the Webb scope. I wish she could be see it, she'd love all this. I find it interesting, but that's only because I see Space as Mankind's future.
Anyway, we will be looking back in time to the beginning of time, as we know it. It should be amazing. If you haven't studied the history of Science, it's hard to understand that you can never know what's important ahead of time. This could wind up being just more cool astronomy, or it could change us in ways subtle or profound.
Hope it works.
That's about to happen again.
I am almost certainly wrong, but here's my 2 cents. There wasn't a Big Bang for the entire Universe, just for our part of it. We're missing something fundamental about the universe, and I'm hoping the Webb scope will answer what, but it's unlikely that will happen for some time to come. Assuming we become able figure it out over the course of this century.
My Mom died just after Hubble went up. She would have loved it.She was really into astronomy. She dragged me to meetings and cold middle of the night viewings using huge amateur scopes (huge by the standards of hobbyists). I'm hoping I last long enough to see some of the stuff we get from the Webb scope. I wish she could be see it, she'd love all this. I find it interesting, but that's only because I see Space as Mankind's future.
Anyway, we will be looking back in time to the beginning of time, as we know it. It should be amazing. If you haven't studied the history of Science, it's hard to understand that you can never know what's important ahead of time. This could wind up being just more cool astronomy, or it could change us in ways subtle or profound.
Hope it works.
Facts have a well known liberal bias