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 ...

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

100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s "Great Debate" ... too remote to be a part of the Milky Way. Hubble’s work opened the door to the study of the universe beyond our galaxy.

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 ...

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 ...

About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, ... The Andromeda galaxy is approximately 2.5 million light-years away from the Milky Way.

A century ago, Edwin Hubble first established that this so-called "spiral nebula" was actually very far outside our own Milky Way galaxy -- at a distance of approximately 2.5 million light-years ...

Here's how Edwin Hubble changed that view. A century ago, ... 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone. Keith Cooper. Fri, January 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC.

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 .

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd meeting of the AAS, a century ago on January 1, 1925 in Washington, D.C ...

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 ...