NOVA

Season 8, Episode 7

Episode Title: Beyond the Milky Way

Air Date: 1981-03-03

Overview:

Sophisticated instruments used by astronomers enable earthlings to see beyond what was once the cloudy barrier of the Milky Way, to a universe of perhaps 100 billion other galaxies. NOVA takes a trip into outer space to see these clusters which are as old as time and several million light years away.