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 ...

Particular stars called Cepheid variables allow astronomers to determine distance, and Hubble spotted one of these within M31 ...

One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’ Hubble transformed astronomers’ understanding of the universe.

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

One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s "Great Debate" ...

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

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

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 ...

Meanwhile, given his foundational role in Hubble's story, it is ironic that Harlow Shapley didn't believe there was anything beyond the Milky Way.