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Edwin Hubble Facts

American astronomer Edwin Hubble is famous for demonstrating the existence of other galaxies, as well as his influential work on astrophysics and his subsequent namesake, the Hubble Space Telescope.

Read on for interesting facts and information about Edwin Hubble.

• Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer who lived from November the 20th 1889 to September the 28th 1953.

• Hubble made a huge impact on astronomy, and science in general, by demonstrating that other galaxies besides our own Milky Way existed. It was the previous belief of many that space was limited to the Milky Way galaxy, Hubble’s discoveries which were announced in 1925 changed our view of the universe.

• In his early years Hubble was a skilled athlete as well as a bright student, competing and achieving highly in track and field.

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