I am not a scientist. I have never analyzed the far reaches of the solar system through the lens of a telescope nor scrutinized cancer cells under a microscope.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
Telescopes and microscopes bring to our view the otherwise unseen and unknown.
For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage.
Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect.
I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine it outside the balloon to see where it is floating - or if it is floating at all.
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
Broadly speaking, the discovery of X-rays has increased the keenness of our vision ten thousand times, and we can now 'see' the individual atoms and molecules.
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