But there are several important anomalies, including a widely debated one called the Hubble tension. It is named after Edwin ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows off an infrared view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. In simplest terms, the rate at which the universe expands on paper doesn’t match actual ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on Earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond is contained within ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers have tried two main methods to figure it out, but their numbers don’t ...

The two keys to Edwin Hubble's breakthrough discovery were forged by others in the 1910s. The first key, the period-luminosity scale discovered by Henrietta Leavitt, allowed astronomers to calculate ...

For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the universe. The universe expands over time, but how fast it's expanding has seemed ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. This difference — about 9% — isn’t small, and measurement ...

Join us as we explore the mysteries of our universe, addressing the profound question: Where are the aliens? We'll delve into ...

April 24th, 1990: the Hubble Space Telescope ushers in a new era of space science. 35 years later, it’s taken nearly 1.7 million observations, or an average of about 130 per day. NASA has released ...

Earth and the surrounding Milky Way galaxy may be sitting inside a cosmic void—a "mysterious giant hole"—that could be speeding up the universe's expansion in our region compared to others, This is ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. CREDIT: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. C. Ho, D. Thilker. Get the Popular Science daily ...