101 Galaxies Later: Why the Milky Way Stands Out in the Universe
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
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The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
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100 years ago: Edwin Hubble proved the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the Milky Way was the entire universe. As astronomers scanned the night sky with larger telescopes, they were intrigued by fuzzy patches of light ...
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NASA's Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxy
It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn night as a faint cigar-shaped ... nebula' was actually very far outside our own Milky Way galaxy -- at a distance of approximately 2.5 ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
These glass plates recorded images of the night sky using a light-sensitive ... His measurements marked the end of the Great Debate about the Milky Way’s size and the nature of the nebulae.