Discovering the Big Bang
Clip: Episode 1 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1923, Edwin Hubble began the manual process of photographing the Andromeda Nebula.
In 1923, Edwin Hubble began the manual process of photographing the Andromeda Nebula. He spent many nights at the Hooker telescope collecting data and discovered that Andromeda was not a cluster of stars in our own galaxy but in fact a separate galaxy.
Discovering the Big Bang
Clip: Episode 1 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1923, Edwin Hubble began the manual process of photographing the Andromeda Nebula. He spent many nights at the Hooker telescope collecting data and discovered that Andromeda was not a cluster of stars in our own galaxy but in fact a separate galaxy.
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