Born Nov. 2, 1885, In Missouri, Harlow Shapley earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1913. From 1914 to 1921, he was ...

Under the leadership of George Ellery Hale, the mirror for Mount Wilson's 100-inch scope was ordered in 1906. Businessman John Hooker initially covered the expenses; when he later withdrew his support ...

In 1929, Edwin Hubble, perched atop Mount Wilson with the 100-inch Hooker Telescope, measured the speeds and distances of galaxies. Their light was redshifted — stretched to longer wavelengths — ...

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Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

The cluster can offer fresh insights into how stars of all sizes form and evolve. Star clusters are among the many objects observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. These gravitationally bound groups of ...

Two French mathematicians, West London-based Olivier Bonnassies, 59, and Michel-Yves Bolloré, 79, from Paris, say 'Science is ...

In October 1923, Edwin Hubble utilized the 100-inch Hooker telescope to photograph the Andromeda Nebula, identifying a variable star within it. Hubble applied the known period-luminosity relationship ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

Floating high above Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured some of the most breathtaking images ever seen — galaxies colliding, stars being born, and nebulae glowing in cosmic ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that's hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, which lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Sep 17, 2025 at 5:49 ...