From the April 30, 1932, issue
By Science News
SPIRAL NEBULA IN ANDROMEDA BORDERED WITH STAR CLUSTERS
Tiny flecks of hazy light around the borders of one of the most famous of the spiral nebulae, the one in the constellation Andromeda, are now believed to be great globular clusters of stars–literally swarms of suns crowded like clouds of gnats that hang over the marshes at twilight.
This provisional identification was made by Dr. Edwin Hubble of the Mt. Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, after a careful study of 140 objects. Their astronomical behavior led him to the conclusion that they are probably star clusters, similar to the easily identified clusters that belong to our own particular part of the starry universe. Prof. Hubbles report was presented before the National Academy of Sciences.