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Edwin Hubble discovered just how vast the universe truly is.

11/12/2019 | Rating NR

Lost LA

Discovering the Universe Preview

Preview: Season 4 Episode 5 | 35sVideo has Closed Captions

Edwin Hubble discovered just how vast the universe truly is.

Edwin Hubble, working with the world’s most powerful telescope in the mountains high above Los Angeles, discovered just how vast the universe truly is. Visit the underground vault of the Carnegie Observatories, where paradigm-shifting discoveries are annotated by hand on glass photographic slides; and the historic Mount Wilson observatory.

11/12/2019 | Rating NR

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