Across the Universe

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At the turn of the 20th century, astronomy got a serious glow-up. An influx of money and scientific advancements led to building bigger, better telescopes at newly-founded observatories across the country. Astronomers could see farther than ever before, and this led to a debate about exactly what they were seeing. Were these nebulous, fuzzy-looking discs in the sky part of the Milky Way? How big is our universe? On today’s episode, we’re telling the story of how the work of many astronomers contributed to a complete redesign of how big we know our universe to be and what we think it looks like.

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Summary

We see the connections to aviation and space in literally everything. From our favorite movies and the songs in our playlists to the latest news of space exploration and your commercial flight home for the holidays – aerospace is literally everywhere you look. Twice a month our hosts riff on some of the coolest stories of aviation and space history, news, and culture. We promise, whether you’re an AVGeek, wannabe Space Camper, or none of the above, you’ll find not only a connection to your life but you’ll learn something interesting in the process.

Duration

35:22 MINS

Author

National Air and Space Museum

Subtitle

At the turn of the 20th century, astronomy got a serious glow-up.

Size

67.9 MB

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Uploaded

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0000

Creator

National Air and Space Museum

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Sound recordings

Podcast

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audio/mpeg

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