Corey S Powell on Nostr: Last week I came across a remarkable archival document by astronomer William ...

Last week I came across a remarkable archival document by astronomer William Herschel. He describes his telescopes as time machines, capable of "penetrating into time" as much as 1,910,000 years into the past.

His specific numbers were off, but his insight was spot on. In the year 1800!

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