What modern research or discoveries are out there that resulted to Edwin Hubble’s work, such as redshifts and etc.?
He was first to show that the universe is expanding, and is considered by many to be the father of observational cosmology.
See links below for further info.
December 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
He was first to show that the universe is expanding, and is considered by many to be the father of observational cosmology.
See links below for further info.
References :
http://www.edwinhubble.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/hubble.html
December 10th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers’ understanding of the nature of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way. He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from the Milky Way. This became known as Hubble’s law, and would help establish that the universe is expanding.
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