Thousands of years ago, people thought the earth was the center of
everything and that the sun revolved around the earth. Then, in the 16th
and 17th centuries, scientists realized the sun was the center of our
solar system and that the earth and other planets orbited the sun.
As larger and more sensitive telescopes were created, scientists were
able to see the planets in our solar system in greater detail, and they
began to see beyond our solar system and to see other galaxies. They
realized that our solar system was but one star out of billions of stars
in the Milky Way Galaxy. Today, with the advent of powerful rockets,
space probes, and satellites, we are looking back in time at the Cosmos,
and we are beginning to understand how the Cosmos was created. The
large telescopes and satellite images allow us to see back in time,
because the stars and galaxies being observed are so far away that it
takes billions of years for light particles to reach the earth, and the
light particles give images that existed billions of years ago. In
contrast, light particles from our sun only take about 8 minutes to
reach the earth.
From the LDS viewpoint, the Cosmos is part of the worlds without number
that have been and are being created by Jesus Christ under the
direction of his Father in Heaven.
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