Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

Edwin Powell Hubble is renowned for determining that there are other galaxies in the Universe beyond the Milky Way, and for observing that the universe is expanding at a constant rate. Hubble was ...

Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading ... to make his discovery because he had access to this state-of-the-art technology.” The Hooker telescope was the brainchild of the ...

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 ...

Named after Edwin Hubble, one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century, the telescope embodies his pioneering spirit and transformative contributions to astronomy. Born in 1889 in ...

(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 read by ...

Chris Impey, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of a Cepheid variable star in the Andromeda galaxy in 1923 revealed that the universe extends far beyond the Milky Way, fundamentally altering our understanding of the cosmos.