“The Copernican principle in light of the search for life in space” was the topic of the latest lecture from the “Copernican Lectures – Nicolaus Copernicus and the Future” series at the Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School. It was delivered by Magdalena Pilska – Piotrowska, director of the Olsztyn Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory.
The search for life in space
“The most important thing to take from Copernicus is to look at the world with an open mind, to allow the possibility that there are things we might not be able to comprehend today, but will be proven in the future,” argued Director Pilska-Piotrowska during the lecture.
She stressed that if it were not for the Copernican Revolution we would not be able to talk about the search for life in space. “Each successive step in thinking about the solar system and the location of the universe caused this universe to expand for us,” she argued.
“One aspect of the Copernican revolution was noticing how our system is structured, but the other aspect was a shift in thinking: we observe and build our theory based on that, not the other way around. The universe, science constantly surprises us,” summarized Magdalena Pilska – Piotrowska, director of the Olsztyn Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory.
We invite you to listen to the entire lecture:
We also invite you to join us for this academic year’s last lecture on Copernicus, which will be held on June 10th, at 12:00 p.m. The lecture, entitled “Copernicus Revolutions”, will be delivered by Prof. Andrzej Niedzielski, acting Dean of the College of Astronomy and Natural Sciences at the Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, and Professor at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
The weekly open lectures from the “Copernican Lectures – Nicolaus Copernicus and the Future” series can be watched LIVE every Monday at 12:00 pm on our YouTube Channel -> youtube.com/@SzkolaKopernika
