ABSTRACT
We live in a quantum world. All matter is ruled by the laws of quantum physics on the microlevel. Without the quantum effects at the beginning of time, the universe would be a considerably more boring place. The biggest Earth-based observatories today are placed in the arid high plains of Chile where the skies are clear. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his work on the general theory of relativity and gravity. There Einstein explained his revolutionary way of treating the concept of gravitation, not as a force, as in classical theory, but because bodies with mass changed the very fabric of the universe, space-time. Einstein himself could verify his calculations when he showed why the planet Mercury deviated from the path that was predicted by the classical laws of motion. Edwin Hubble is considered as one of the great astronomers in history, and it was natural to name the best telescope in history after him.
