Dr Edwin Powell Hubble, who lends his name to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, was one of the leading astronomers of the twentieth century. Born 135 years ago today on 20 November 1889 ...

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble, then an astronomer at Carnegie Observatories, opened humanity's eyes as to ...

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American ...

A research team from the USA is convinced that new data from two space telescopes resolve the stubborn discrepancy in ...

The answer to the question as to the nature of the nebulae was still in doubt. Enter Edwin Hubble. This collage highlights the Cepheid variable star first spotted on a glass plate taken by Edwin ...

Edwin Hubble, a renowned astronomer, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. He proved the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and discovered that the universe is expanding.

Space Week is Oct. 4-10, so here are some of NASA’s latest discoveries and why Edwin Hubble’s history-making photo, taken on this day in 1923, revolutionized astronomy. This image above is ...

Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. A staff member at Mt. Wilson Observatory, he was the first scientist to offer observational evidence ...

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 ...