200 Million-Star Tapestry: Hubble’s Astonishing New Portrait of Andromeda
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...
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Hubble's Famous M31 VAR! plate
On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...
Stunning photo mosaic of neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy captures the glow of 200 million stars
To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
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Oxford professor awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Highest Honour
Professor James Binney, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, has been awarded the Royal ...
South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s
You may not know it, but right now there’s a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief party goers ...
The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
'13.8 billion years unraveled': Hubble's discovery set the stage for the biggest mystery yet
Hubble's discovery of expanding galaxies confirmed the universe's vastness, laying the foundation for the Big Bang theory and ...
Eaton Fire displaces 200 NASA JPL employees
The Eaton Fire has caused widespread destruction, displacing thousands, including nearly 200 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...