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Natural Sciences · Intermediate

Telescopes & Microscopes

How do telescopes reveal galaxies and microscopes reveal cells? Learn why angles matter more than sizes, why bigger mirrors see fainter and sharper, why no lens can see infinitely small details, how astronomers linked dishes across the globe to photograph a black hole, why the atmosphere blurs and how adaptive optics fixes it, and what a camera's f-number really means.

7 lessons~35 min0/7 complete
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