1 00:00:08,470 --> 00:00:06,150 in florence italy in the year 1609 2 00:00:11,270 --> 00:00:08,480 the world changed 3 00:00:13,350 --> 00:00:11,280 using a small telescope galileo proved 4 00:00:15,829 --> 00:00:13,360 that the earth is not distinct from the 5 00:00:17,990 --> 00:00:15,839 universe but part of it 6 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:18,000 and he showed that there is much more to 7 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:20,480 the universe than we see with the naked 8 00:00:39,190 --> 00:00:36,389 in the 20th century astronomers made 9 00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:39,200 another revolutionary discovery that 10 00:00:50,709 --> 00:00:42,320 optical telescopes reveal only a portion 11 00:00:54,790 --> 00:00:52,869 telescopes sensitive to invisible 12 00:00:58,790 --> 00:00:54,800 wavelengths of light have detected 13 00:01:01,270 --> 00:00:58,800 microwave radiation from the big bang 14 00:01:03,189 --> 00:01:01,280 infrared radiation from protoplanetary 15 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:03,199 disks around stars 16 00:01:07,429 --> 00:01:05,760 and x-rays from explosions produced by 17 00:01:09,990 --> 00:01:07,439 black holes 18 00:01:12,469 --> 00:01:10,000 we have booster ignition and liftoff of 19 00:01:14,630 --> 00:01:12,479 columbia reaching new heights for women 20 00:01:19,190 --> 00:01:14,640 and x-ray astronomy 21 00:01:25,590 --> 00:01:22,149 the most powerful x-ray telescope ever 22 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:27,910 began its exploration of the hot