One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young 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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Jet Propulsion Lab and Mount Wilson Observatory closed amid Eaton fire
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California appear to be unscathed by the Eaton fire burning through Pasadena and Altadena - for now. However, over ...
Towering task: Astronomy buffs fight to save shuttered observatory near Pontiac
The long-closed, 1920s-era observatory in Lake Angelus is important to astronomy buffs. But its private ownership has ...
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Firefighters Protect Historic Mt. Wilson Observatory From Eaton Fire
The Mount Wilson Observatory is an important site in the history of modern astronomy. With the famous Hooker telescope, early 20th century astronomers made key observations about the Milky Way and ...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. A staff member at Mt. Wilson ...
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Historic Mount Wilson, crucial communications link for California, threatened by Eaton Fire
The summit of Mount Wilson looms over Pasadena at about 5,715 feet, with the white domes of the observatory buildings and surrounding radio towers visible to drivers along Interstate 210 below.
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
As astronomers scanned the night sky with ... At the of age 30, he arrived at Mount Wilson Observatory in Southern California just in time to use the new Hooker 100-inch telescope, at the time ...