For nearly a century, astronomers have been striving to measure the rate at which the Universe is expanding. Two main methods ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more ...

Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble opened humanity's eyes as to how large the universe really is, and revealed that our Milky Way galaxy is just one of hundreds of billions of ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...

Albert Einstein's century-old static universe theory has been debunked by astronomers who now confirm an ever-expanding cosmos without a centre or edge.

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...

Space Week is Oct. 4-10, so here are some of NASA’s latest discoveries and why Edwin Hubble’s history-making photo, taken on this day in 1923, revolutionized astronomy. This image above is ...

The Hubble telescope was designed to be the first space-based observatory, which could be serviced and upgraded while it remained in orbit. It was named after Edwin Hubble, the astronomer who ...

Edwin Hubble would be amazed to see such progress. This article is republished from The Conversation , a nonprofit, ...

In commemoration of Edwin Hubble's discovery of a Cepheid variable class star, called V1, in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy 100 years ago, astronomers partnered with the American Association of ...