Saturday, August 17, 2013

Hubble Scheme


Image Credit: aip.com


Edwin Hubble was a 'pretty bright fellow.'  That's understating it a bit.  haha  In addition to showing that the universe was indeed expanding, he also devised a classification scheme for galaxies.  The linked article from Space.com tells about the recent results of a survey of HST (Hubble Space Telescope) images of galaxies.

Hubble Survey article - Space.com