The top brass of science and their camp followers, 800 strong, trooped up California's Palomar Mountain last week to dedicate man's newest wonder, the 200-inch telescope. They were told that the giant eye would first be turned on the distant nebulae to test Astronomer Edwin Hubble's theory of the exploding universe. Dr. Hubble's first look at the Corona Borealis cluster (nebulae 120 million light-years away) astounded him. "We had hoped," said Hubble, "that the 200-inch would be this good, and it is, by God."
Later, when the stars came out over Palomar, the guests...
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