Our Eyes on the Skies

As our universe gets smaller via technology, it's more important than ever to know what’s coming and going out there.


The skies of northern Chile are considered the best in the world for astronomy.

https://www.astronomictourism.com/astronomical-observatories-chile.html


The world's largest telescope is going to be built in Chile

https://www.vox.com/2014/12/5/7339349/extremely-large-telescope

The Universe Through Hubble's Eye

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/universe-through-hubbles-eye/



Mayan explorations: Evidence suggests El Caracol was a lookout onto the heavens.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/HTML/caracol.html

For decades, Arecibo was Puerto Rico’s pride and joy and our ears for intelligent life in the universe

https://www.space.com/arecibo-radio-telescope-collapse-anniversary

Egyptians used the merkhet, sun dial, and water clock to design, build, tell time and bury their dead.

https://astronomerguide.com/ancient-egyptian-astronomy/

NASA's DART spacecraft hits a target asteroid. How did they make it happen?

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasas-asteroid-deflecting-dart-spacecraft-nears-planned-impact-with-its-target-2022-09-26/

https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-mission

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