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 ...
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One Large Milky Way Galaxy Or Many Galaxies? 100 Years Ago, A Young Edwin Hubble Settled Astronomy's 'Great Debate'
Messier was interested in comets ... nebulae with spiral structure – particularly intrigued astronomers. The Andromeda nebula , M31, was a prominent example. It's visible to the naked eye ...
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M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy, also informally known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy 2.7 million light-years from Earth ...
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7 breathtaking images of Galaxy shared by NASA
Andromeda, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light years away. NGC 2775, also known as Caldwell 48, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It is 67 ...
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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, ...
Top 10 Mind-Blowing and Beautiful Images of Spiral Galaxies by NASA
Get ready to be amazed by the breathtaking beauty of spiral galaxies! NASA has shared stunning images of these cosmic wonders ...