One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Unexpected Findings: Scientists Reveal the Milky Way Is a Cosmic Outlier
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
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Two enormous "bubbles" discovered towering above and below our Milky Way galaxy
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
These glass plates recorded images of the night sky using ... who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe. “Here is the letter that destroyed my universe,” Shapley ...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
Galactic Center: This panorama provides an unprecedented X-ray view above and below the center of the Milky Way.
From vibrant star-forming nebulae to supernova explosions, check out these 7 astonishing images of deep space shared by NASA.
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Astronomers discover actively forming galaxy that may resemble a young Milky Way
How is Webb helping us understand things about the universe that we didn ... Using Webb’s images and data, the researchers concluded that the Firefly Sparkle had the same mass as our Milky Way galaxy ...
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NGC 1858: Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year-old open star.
Globular cluster in Dorado: This 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and a birthplace for billions of stars.
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large ... Shapley's goal was to measure the size of the Milky Way — and hence the universe as he saw it — by creating the ...