One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious ... His measurements marked the end of the Great Debate about the Milky Way's size and the nature of the nebulae. Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble makes his mark Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious ... His measurements marked the end of the Great Debate about the Milky Way’s size and the nature of the nebulae.