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.

About the same time, the school came into possession of the largest telescope in the world ... Nancy Grace Roman, Edwin Hubble, and Edward E. Barnard. In the 1960s Yerkes added a 41-inch reflector ...

Mount Wilson Observatory astronomers contributed to the design and planning for the 200-inch telescope, and when it saw first light in 1949 Carnegie’s Edwin Hubble was the first ... Knowing that Wood ...

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

Edwin Hubble discovered a universe beyond Milky Way In 1919, Hubble joined the Mount Wilson Observatory in California. Using the 100-inch Hooker Telescope, he focused on faint, cloud-like nebulae ...

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 ...

Enter Edwin ... Hubble, which appears at lower right. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI) Hubble and the Hooker 100-inch ...

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 ...

In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.