If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our universe. But, if we went back 100 years instead, we would find most ...

Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow Shapley, who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe. “Here is the letter that destroyed my universe,” Shapley remarked .

Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow Shapley, who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe. “Here is the letter that destroyed my universe,” Shapley remarked .

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble, then an astronomer at Carnegie Observatories, opened humanity's eyes as to how large the universe really is, and revealed that our Milky Way ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. ... American astronomer Edwin Hubble calculated in 1929 that galaxies were moving away from the Milky Way, All of them ...

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. His ...

Shapley determined that the Milky Way was 300,000 light years across, and that our solar system was 50,000 light-years from the center. While today we know the more accurate values are 100,000 ...

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

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble, then an astronomer at Carnegie Observatories, opened humanity's eyes as to how large the universe really is, and revealed that our Milky Way ...

Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow Shapley, who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe. “Here is the letter that destroyed my universe,” Shapley remarked .

(THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper ...