One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious ... by realizing that the theory of general relativity described an expanding universe. He recognized that space expanding in between the galaxies could ...
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Irish scientists reveal different ways stars explode, giving clues to ‘dark energy’ of an expanding Universe
Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could ...
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The universe is expanding faster than expected: what can we deduce?
The universe appears to be expanding at a staggering speed ... It is named in honor of astronomer Edwin Hubble, who discovered in 1929 that galaxies are moving away from us at a speed proportional to ...
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Henrietta Leavitt: The Woman Who Measured the Universe
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble makes his mark Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious ... the astronomers’ annual meeting in Washington, D.C. An expanding universe of galaxies But Hubble wasn’t done.