How small are we in the scale of the universe? - Alex Hofeldt
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In 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Telescope at an area of the sky near the Big Dipper. The location was apparently empty, and the whole endeavor was risky – what, if anything, was going to show up? But what came back was nothing short of spectacular: an image of over 1,500 galaxies glimmering in a tiny sliver of the universe. Alex Hofeldt helps us understand the scale of this image.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Alex Hofeldt
- Director
- Yukai Du
- Script Editor
- Mia Nacamulli
- Animator
- Tom Matuszewski
- Producer
- Tim Coates
