Hubble
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- proper noun
- /ˈhʌbəl/
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Hubble
- We talk about Edwin Hubble, the man, not the telescope, and a lot more coming up on Startalk.
- Edwin Hubble
- Hubble's thesis
- Hubble married Grace
And then ending around the time that Hubble discovered that Andromeda was a Galaxy.
- And then ending around the time that Hubble discovered that Andromeda was a Galaxy.
- And then Edwin Hubble, Edwin Hubble, it's hard to find a picture from without a pipe.
- This astronomer named Edwin Hubble, who's very famous for the Hubble constant, the Hubble Space Telescope, bears his name.
- And later Hubble also used her stars, her reasoning, to show that the universe was expanding.
Examples
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The constant of proportionality, called the Hubble Constant, remains uncertain by about a factor of 2.
Academic text (1990) -
So Edwin Hubble appears on the scene.
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Panel D shows how computer processing can improve the Hubble Space Telescope pictures.
Academic text (1990) -
By this time, Hubble was making very rapid progress on understanding the nature of the spiral "nebulae."
Academic text (1990) -
As a result, I got my bachelor's and master's in astronomy, and I now work as a data analyst for the Hubble Science Institute.
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Somehow, perhaps inspired by Slipher's paper and encouraged by Frost, Hubble began a program of nebular photography with it.
Academic text (1990) -
"The latest, most accurate measurement of the Hubble constant depends on Type Ia supernova explosions.
Fiction book (2000) -
Jim Peebles criticized cosmology's failure to explain Hubble's law, the abundance of light elements, and the CMB.
Blog text (12) -
Before long, Humason was working with him, measuring the radial velocities of galaxies for Hubble's discussions of the velocity-distance relationship.
Academic text (1990) -
Edwin Hubble played a crucial role in expanding our understanding of the universe.
Synonyms
An American astronomer who discovered that more distant galaxies move away faster, showing the universe is expanding
Compounds
- Specialized
A number that shows how fast galaxies move apart depending on distance
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hubble is the surname of American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who discovered that galaxies move away from us and that the universe is expanding. So when people say Hubble in science they often mean his important discovery about the universe.