10 Interesting Fact About Astronomy and telescopes
10 Interesting Fact About Astronomy and telescopes
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Astronomy is the study of objects in space such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.
Telescope is an optical tool used to observe objects in space.
Telescopes were first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1609.
There are types of telescopes that can see X-rays, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio waves.
The largest telescope in the world today is the James Clerk Maxwell telescope in Hawaii, with a mirror diameter of 13.5 meters.
The star that looks the brightest of the earth is Sirius.
There are 8 planets in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Nebula is a gas cloud and dust in space that can form a new star.
One light year is the same as the distance traveled by light in one year, which is around 9.5 trillion kilometers.
There are many theories about the origin of the universe, one of which is the Big Bang theory which states that the universe originated from a large explosion of around 13.8 billion years ago.
