Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953.

The Realm of the Nebulae

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1936.

 

American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) gave the first convincing proof that galaxies are collections of stars separated by vast distances in space, then provided the first evidence that galaxies are moving apart-- that is, that the universe is expanding.

 The Dudley Observatory

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