The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. — Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. — Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. — Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. — Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. — Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
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The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

— Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae
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