1929Hubble Formulates Law of Expanding Universe

Edwin Hubble: Hubble's law of the expanding universe
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🔭 Vesto Slipher Observes Redshifts of Spiral Nebulae

Vesto Slipher Observes Redshifts of Spiral Nebulae (1912)
AstronomyCosmologyGalaxiesObservational AstronomyExpansion of the UniversePhysics
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Discovers Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation

Henrietta Swan Leavitt Discovers Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (1912)
AstronomyCosmologyAstrophysicsEdwin Hubble
United StatesUnited States

⚛️ 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
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Determines Solar Composition and Hydrogen Abundance (1925)
AstronomyCosmologyAstrophysicsElements20th Century Science
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Hubble Formulates Law of Expanding Universe

Hubble Formulates Law of Expanding Universe (1929)
AstronomyCosmologyEdwin Hubble20th Century ScienceUniverseExpansionSpace
United StatesUnited States

☄️ First Gamma-Ray Burst Detected by Vela Satellites

Vela nuclear test detection satellites discover the first gamma-ray burst
First Gamma-Ray Burst Detected by Vela Satellites (1967)
AstronomyAstrophysicsSpace ExplorationCold WarParticle Physics
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Discovery of the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe

Discovery of the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe (1998)
CosmologyAstronomySupernovaUniverseExpansionObservationResearch
United StatesUnited States