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The Vastness of Space

If we look at a starry night sky, we see thousands or maybe even millions of tiny dots, some shining brightly and others so pale we're unsure whether we are really seeing them or not. Some of these dots are not in actual fact stars, but galaxies made up of hundreds of billions of stars. Some galaxies are so far away that the light emitted by them takes billions of years to reach us. The image we see of them is therefore similarly billions of years old. Despite these unimaginable dimensions both of space and time, scientists are still able to produce surprisingly detailed information about distant galaxies, black holes and cosmic fog.

Wonders of the cosmos

Visitors who look through these three telescopes will see three-dimensional images that tell their own stories about the wonders of the universe: how huge concentrations of matter bend light, how galaxies collide and merge into each other, and how new stars are created in cosmic mists. Scientists suspect that the Eta Carina region, visible in one of the lenses, is a place where new stars are created. Maybe somewhere within this fog a solar system with planets is also being created, and perhaps one of these planets will have the necessary conditions for the emergence of life. Because the smaller the earth in relation to the rest of the universe, the greater the interest in knowing whether we are alone in it.

Exponat Sternenhimmel