In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble first established that this so ... galaxy that's between a star-forming spiral and a sort of elliptical galaxy dominated by aging red stars," said Weisz.

other galaxies in their own right. The scale of the cosmos had expanded dramatically virtually overnight. According to historical records, we have one man to thank for this: Edwin Hubble.

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble opened humanity's eyes as to how large the universe really is, and revealed that our Milky Way galaxy is just one of hundreds of billions of ...

Curtis argued that the spiral nebulas were galaxies in their own right, but said that the Milky Way was only 10,000 light years across. Shapley argued the opposite. Hubble enters the fray Edwin ...

In commemoration of Edwin Hubble's discovery of a Cepheid variable class star, called V1, in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy 100 years ago, astronomers partnered with the American Association of ...

Astronomers now know that galaxies are isolated systems of stars, much smaller than the space between them. Hubble makes his mark Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious. At the of age 30 ...