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Genius by Stephen Hawking

Smartphone and Tablet Models of the Galaxies

Using smartphones and tablets to measure how far apart the Milky Way is from Andromeda.

Aired 05/31/2016 | Rating TV-G

Genius by Stephen Hawking

Smartphone and Tablet Models of the Galaxies

Clip: Episode 6 | 2m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

Using smartphones and tablets to measure how far apart the Milky Way is from Andromeda.

The volunteers tackle their next challenge: If we could fit our galaxy on a smart phone and Andromeda on a tablet, how far apart would they be? They work out how far away the two galaxies are from each other with some simple math and can visually see how far the nearest galaxy is to our Milky Way.

Aired 05/31/2016 | Rating TV-G

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