Heart and Soul

Travelling Telescope featured on BBC World Service

Most people will never look through a telescope. When Chu Owen met Kenya’s official astronomer Susan Murabana during a solar eclipse, they pledged to change that. Their falling in love gave birth to the Travelling Telescope – a gathering place for people to look through a telescope and observe the wonders of the night sky.

They observe how gathering around the telescope offers an opportunity to express feelings of grief, of hope, of finding solace for earthly problems in the vastness of the Universe.

Kenyan singer Silayio – who has long-wanted to look through the telescope, describes how she discovered astronomy following a friend’s suicide which led her to question her Christian faith and go in search of a new system of belief.

Susan describes her own journey as a Kenyan woman passionate about science and astronomy. What unites all those who we meet around the telescope is a feeling of awe and wonder.

Listen to the BBC Broadcast through the following link:

2 Comments on “Heart and Soul”

Dr. Maureen Porter
January 16, 2023

Dear Susan and Chu,

I would love to promote your Traveling Telescope educational programs! We will be in Nairobi and Western Kenya in July and August. We want to use our Fulbright to promote Kenyan “Cultures of Innovation” to US kids and teachers. We think that your work would inspire kids of the African Diaspora and heritage in our schools. Please let me know how to best reach you. Asante sana!

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- travellingtelescope
  January 17, 2023
  
  Dear Dr. Maureen,
  
  Greetings and thanks for getting in touch with us. We are delighted that you have interest in promoting our programs to the US kids and teachers and we would love to help make that happen. Kindly reach us on email smurabana@travellingtelescope.co.uk and chu@travellingtelescope.co.uk and we can proceed with the conversation.
  
  My best regards
  Suzi
  
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