The aurora in early October followed by the appearance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS the following week had me thinking about the rare events we observe in astronomy.

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today ...

Named after Edwin Hubble, one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century, the telescope embodies his pioneering spirit and transformative contributions to astronomy. Born in 1889 in ...

However, many may not be aware that the telescope is named after Edwin Powell Hubble, a pioneering American astronomer. Edwin Hubble's groundbreaking work in the early 20th century laid the ...

As a result of Hubble's work, our perception of mankind's place in the Universe has changed forever: humans have once again been set aside from the centre of the Universe. As a result of Hubble's ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. We don’t see the galaxy’s spiral arms ...

Edwin Hubble was therefore well placed to make his discovery. When Hubble compared his photographic plates taken using the 100 inch telescope with those taken on previous nights by other ...

The universe, they concluded, was staggeringly immense. An astronomer named Edwin Hubble settled the debate. Peering through a telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, he was able ...

Edwin Powell Hubble Papers / The Huntington , Author provided (no reuse) Measuring distances to stars In 1893, a young Leavitt was hired as a“computer” to analyse images from telescope ...