Three centuries of engineering have produced telescopes far beyond Galileo's simple spyglass. Perched on mountaintops, orbiting the Earth, and even circling other planets, these telescopes are revealing the solar system in detail Galileo could only dream of. Get up close with today's most powerful telescopes and embark on a stunning journey to the planets and moons now being imaged as never before.

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Hubble Space Program (1:56) -- Sponsors: Mystery of the Milky Way (1:03) -- Viewing the Universe Edge (2:35) -- Inventing the Spyglass (2:20) -- Advances in Telescope Technology (1:32) -- Galileo's Revelations (3:58) -- Challenging 17th Century Wisdom (2:26) -- Galileo's Solar System (1:32) -- Cassini Mission Discoveries (4:53) -- Telescope Evolution (2:10) -- Newton's Telescope (2:30) -- Binocular Telescope (1:38) -- Discovering Uranus (4:20) -- Discovering Exoplanets (1:57) -- Kepler Telescope (1:49) -- Super Earth (2:57) -- Discovering the Milky Way (3:55) -- Herschel Space Observatory (2:38) -- Discovering Nebulae (1:41) -- Discovering other Galaxies (2:13) -- Ongoing Space Exploration (2:34) -- Credits: The Mystery of the Milky Way: Telescope - Hunting the Edge of Space (1:57).