Before Edwin Hubble arrived at Mount Wilson Observatory, the prevailing scientific view was that the Milky Way constituted the entire universe. In this episode of pplpod, we profile the American astronomer who fundamentally changed our understanding of the cosmos by proving the existence of galaxies beyond our own and discovering that the universe is expanding,.

Join us as we explore the life of a scientific giant who was also a gifted athlete, a soldier, and a reluctant law student.

Topics covered in this episode include:

• From the Court to the Cosmos: Hubble’s early life as a track star and basketball player who led the University of Chicago to a conference title, followed by his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford studying jurisprudence to fulfill a promise to his father,.