Astronomer Edwin Hubble looks though the eyepiece of the 100-inch telescope at California's Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1937. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE—THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- David DeJonge, owner of DeJonge Studios Inc., is the first photographer to receive the Edwin P. Hubble medal for his nonprofit work honoring veterans, including photos of the last ...

BOSTON — In homage to its namesake, the Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a star that astronomer Edwin Hubble observed in 1923, changing the course of astronomy forever.

Edwin Hubble used it to characterise a variety of galaxy types, such as spiral, elliptical, lenticular, barred, and irregular ones. Numerous additional galaxies are in close proximity to NGC 3430.

Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble (1889 - 1953) sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. Image: New York Times Co./Getty Images This article was originally featured on The Conversation .

In the 1920s, Edwin Hubble was working with the 100-inch Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson, just outside Los Angeles. At the time, it was the largest telescope in the world. On a chilly evening, I ...

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd meeting of the AAS, a century ago on January 1, 1925 in Washington, D.C ...

When Edwin Hubble observed the variable Cepheid star V1 in 1923, it changed the course of astronomy forever. The Hubble Space Telescope recently went back to observe this star again.