Most people have heard of the Hubble Telescope. If you took a college astro class, maybe the Hubble Constant rings a bell. The namesake for those celestial phenomena grew up in the Chicago area. Edwin Hubble did some of his first work in physics at the University of Chicago. Today, his alma mater honors him by unveiling a U.S. postal stamp with his image. For a little more on Hubble’s legacy, we reached Professor Edward “Rocky” Kolb, chair of U of C’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He says Hubble began as something of a jock, studied law and wound up as a high school teacher in Indiana. But even then, says Kolb, his mind was on the heavens.
The University of Chicago will officially unveil the recently released Edwin Hubble U.S. postage stamp today. Festivities are set for 3:00.
Music Button: Alex Moulton, “The Prophesy”, from the CD Exodus, (Expansion Team records),
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