Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

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., that ...

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 .

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than ...

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from 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.

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours. His influence in astronomy continues to this day.

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 ...

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 ...

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.