The Herschel telescope being inspected in 2008In my opinion, investment in science always pays off, so I'm thrilled to hear that NASA has successfully repaired the Hubble telescope. Now it will be able to peer even farther back into space--an additional 200 million years! Remember, any light we see from space is coming from the past, so--if I have it right--we could theoretically look far enough back and see what the universe looked like the moment it formed. I want to see that!
The Hubble will last a little while longer, and in the meantime, the Europeans have launched the new Herschel telescope and its companion spacecraft (Planck). Can't wait to see what they find!
After a weekend spent pondering the secrets of our galaxy and universe, things like this continue to fill me with awe and wonder.
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