That cosmologists cannot agree on one of the most elementary facts about the universe is striking enough. But that ...

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 read by one of his ...

In a way that seems almost self-exemplifying, the idea provided a new way of looking at science itself: not as one thing, but ...

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 read by one of his ...

Astronomer Edwin Hubble made the next leap when he identified a Cepheid variable star in Andromeda. “Var!” he wrote on a photographic plate that, a century later, is kept secure in a fireproof vault ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal.

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 ...

Edwin Hubble trained to become a lawyer but chose to pursue a career in astronomy instead. In 1919, he accepted a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where his groundbreaking study ...

Other galaxies were considerably farther into the cosmos. Astronomer Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson around 1925. (Henry E. Huntington Library) Today, we take it for granted that the universe is immense.

♪♪ ♪♪ -This is Edwin Hubble, one of the foremost astronomers of the 20th century. He's preparing himself for yet another cold night's work up in the mountains over Pasadena.

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 read by one of his ...

(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 ...