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 ...

The Andromeda galaxy helped Edwin Hubble settle a great debate in astronomy. Stocktrek Images via Getty Images A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known ...

Do you remember the first time you truly discovered the universe? When I was a teenager, many moons ago, I bought my first telescope, a Celestron 8. I remember excitedly unboxing it the day it arrived ...

Marsha Wilcox is a renaissance woman — an artist and educator based near Boston, her show “Ancient Light” is on in the Main ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We now have a view of space that we've never had before. This week, the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured stunning images ...

FRANKENLUST TWP, MI – Delta College will host an open house and its first public observation night at its new observatory, the Delta Dome, this Friday night, Oct. 25. Beginning at 8 p.m., residents ...

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy ...

Humanity is obsessed with astronomical record keeping. The Babylonians compiled their first listing of the stars in the 12th century b.c.e. Around 1000 b.c.e., they followed it with an expanded ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical ...

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