How big is space?

By Van and friends

  • The earth orbits the sun

    Johannes Kepler discovers that the earth orbits the sun.

  • Black Holes

    Laplace predicts the existence of black holes

  • Positions of stars

    In 1762 James bradle created a star catalouge which has 60,000 positions of the stars.

  • Uranus

    William Herschel discovers Uranus.

  • Theory of the universe

    Pierre Laplace creates the theory of the universe.

  • Neptune

    Johann Galle discovers Neptune.

  • proxima Centauri

    Discovery of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Earth

  • pluto

    Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.