TED-Ed
How small are we in the scale of the universe? - Alex Hofeldt
TV-PG
2017 • E17 Feb 13, 2017 4mIn 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.
Lesson by Alex Hofeldt, animation by Bliink.
Hubble Deep Field Image Credit: R. Williams (STScI), the Hubble Deep Field Team, and NASA.
Lesson by Alex Hofeldt, animation by Bliink.
Hubble Deep Field Image Credit: R. Williams (STScI), the Hubble Deep Field Team, and NASA.