1929 ⟶ Hubble Formulates Law of Expanding Universe
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🔭 Vesto Slipher Observes Redshifts of Spiral Nebulae

AstronomyCosmologyGalaxiesObservational AstronomyExpansion of the UniversePhysics

🔭 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Discovers Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation

AstronomyCosmologyAstrophysicsEdwin Hubble

⚛️ Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Determines Solar Composition and Hydrogen Abundance
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: Discovery of the composition of the Sun and that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe⟶

AstronomyCosmologyAstrophysicsElements20th Century Science

🔭 Hubble Formulates Law of Expanding Universe
Edwin Hubble: Hubble's law of the expanding universe⟶

AstronomyCosmologyEdwin Hubble20th Century ScienceUniverseExpansionSpace

☄️ First Gamma-Ray Burst Detected by Vela Satellites
Vela nuclear test detection satellites discover the first gamma-ray burst⟶

AstronomyAstrophysicsSpace ExplorationCold WarParticle Physics

🔭 Discovery of the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe
Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-Z Supernova Search Team: discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe and dark energy⟶

CosmologyAstronomySupernovaUniverseExpansionObservationResearch
