The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It s also a timely opportunity to reflect on what previous generations of telescopes have shown us.
"Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions." -Vera Rubin
I want you to think about the Universe. The whole thing; about everything that physically exists, both visible and invisible, about the laws of nature that they obey, and about your place in it.
It's a daunting, terrifying, and simultaneously beautiful and wondrous thing, isn't it?