The video below is truly breathtaking.  Hat tip to all-that-is-interesting.com.  In 1996 scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope into a dark patch in the sky and discovered it was not so dark after all.  It is humbling to realize that our self-important species is a insignificant speck of the universe.  Enjoy:

Also worth seeing are these images captured by Hubble.  Truly spectacular.

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