TV Program Description
Premiere Broadcast on PBS: April 6 and April 13, 2010
In this two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple
instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our
understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a
curiosity—two spectacle lenses held a foot
apart—ultimately revolutionized human thought across
science, philosophy, and religion. "Hunting the Edge of Space"
takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, dramatizing
the innovations in technology and the achievements in science
that have marked the rich history of the telescope. This tale
of human ingenuity involves some of the most colorful figures
of the scientific world—Galileo, Kepler, Newton, William
Herschel, George Hale, and Edwin Hubble—leading up to
today's colossal telescopes, housed in space-age cathedrals or
orbiting high above the Earth. Now, at the center of an
international space race, a new generation of ever-larger
telescopes is poised to reveal answers to longstanding
questions about our universe—and, in turn, to raise new
questions.
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Telescopes continue to greatly expand our view of the
universe. Here, the Keck Observatory's laser guide beams out
into the Hawaiian night sky.
Courtesy Laurie Hatch/Swinburne University of
Technology
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