Show going far back in the study of cosmography in observing the nebulae of extra galactic space we are witnessing scenes and events which occurred in past ages when we look out into the depths of space we are gazing back into big history the nearest star we see today as it was four and a half years ago go the nearest nebulae the irregular magel ionic clouds as they were years ago the frontiers of the known universe as they were million years ago back in the carboniferous age of the geologists edwin bubble la in harpers magazine |