To leave the city lights behind and get to some pretty remote places, the middle of nowhere kind of places. This is the Mcdonald Observatory in far west texas. For maximum drama i like to open this door. Reporter thats where astronomer steven janiwicke works. We are heading onto the dome floor. Reporter yeah, drama. You arent lying. Amy, can we go back to north for the structure, please. We can walk around. Reporter feel like a magic radio. He can move this giant telescope with his radio. The hobby everly telescope operated by university of texas is the largest of its kind in the world. At night it collects the light from outer space on its very large mirror. Why is darkness so essential to the work . We are trying to catch the light, the little particles of life that come from the farthest corners of the universe sometimes and have traveled unthinkable distances to get here. Reporter why do we need to know this . When i told my grandfather i was going to be an astronomer, he said why
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