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Do galaxies spin


Monday, May 19, 2025 by

On a clear night, under the sweep of the Milky Way, one might gaze at the faint blur of the Andromeda Galaxythrough a telescope. It appears as a misty spiral, majestic yet eerily still. This leads to a profound question: do galaxies truly spin and move, or are those swirling shapes merely ...

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Galaxy visualization project


Thursday, September 12, 2024 by

It was 1923 and Edwin Hubble (eh hum born not far from me), using the 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, was able to resolve individual stars in the Andromeda Nebula (M31), including Cepheid variables. By measuring the period of these Cepheids, Hubble calculated their distan...

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