QUICK FACTS Date: Night of Oct. 5, 1923 Where: Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, California Who: Edwin Hubble On the night of Oct. 5 to 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble discovered a new star — and revealed the utter vastness of the universe. Hubble was looking at the cosmos with the 100-inch Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, …
Read More »Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of ‘standard candle’ — Oct. 5, 1923
