One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
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'We'll Make Mistakes...', Elon Musk Admits To False Claims On 'Gaza', Stands Corrected When Confronted
However, Musk also admitted to being incorrect about $50 million worth of US tax payers money going to Gaza in Palestine when in fact it was going to Gaza in Mozambique for HIV prevention. He ...
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The Woman Who Helped Astronomers Map The Stars And Prove A Universe Beyond Our Galaxy
It is the International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, and what better way to celebrate than to discuss the work of Henrietta Leavitt, the scientist who discovered Cepheid variables and laid the ...
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Henrietta Leavitt: The Woman Who Measured the Universe
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy ...