The History of the Telescope: from Galileo's lens to modern astronomical optics

🔭 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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📖 References & Further Reading:

Galileo Galilei - Sidereus Nuncius (1610)

Isaac Newton - Opticks (1704)

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

🎶 Jingle from: ⁠Mubert Render⁠

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