«It is basically like black ink tattoo on bone, but rather than being inked, the lines are burned directly onto the bone using the magnified rays of the sun — all done with simple magnifying lenses,» Noll says.
Although optical telescopes, be they simple or sophisticated, are not much more than magnifying glasses, scientists are now looking at the cosmos through other lenses that allow them broaden their viewing bandwidth, from infrared to gamma rays.