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existed became

obvious. These

studies revealed

that, like every-
thing else, the

universe also had

a beginning.

The first man who proved that the universe had

a beginning was the astronomer Edwin Hubble. (Let

us remind you that an astronomer is a person who

studies space, the stars and galaxies.) Hubble worked
with a giant telescope. One day in 1929, he realised
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that the stars were moving.

These are not ordinary random movements. Stars

are continually moving away from us. Furthermore,

they are also moving away from each another. A uni-

verse in which everything moves away from everything

else means a universe that is constantly growing larger.

Not until a hundred years ago did people under-

stand this. Today, all scientists agree that stars are
moving away from each other as well as away from

Earth.

This movement of the stars is a very important

piece of information about the creation of the universe.