Supernovae and Variable Stars: Astronomy in 1836 vs 2020 | ASMR soft spoken
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Shop Manta Sleep's awesome masks here: (10% off if you use LETSFINDOUT at checkout thru 12/15/2020) In 1836 astronomy was still a budding science. The Andromeda galaxy was still just a curiosity; a hazy nebula yet to be explored. Supernovae were still deep mysteries. And the thought that our universe could be more than 100,000 light-years across was unheard of. Let's find out how far our knowledge of space (supernovae and variable stars, in particular tonight), has come in 200 years. "...it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's own convictions" -Nietzsche ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
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