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Do galaxies spin

Monday, May 19, 2025 by Richard Harris

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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Edwin Hubble won the Great Debate

Thursday, November 7, 2024 by Richard Harris

I live in the Ozarks, just about 15 miles from Edwin Hubble's birthplace. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) continues to fascinate me - both for the incredible views it has provided us and the profound questions it keeps raising about our universe. By the onset of the 20th century, the field o...

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