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butterfly collector and writer
boxer and lawyer
cashier and artist
Correct!
Believe it or not, Hubble was also a lightweight boxer and a lawyer before turning to astronomy.
Born: November 20, 1889
Died: September 28, 1953
Birthplace: Marshfield, Missouri
Position: Astronomer with the Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Known for: proving that the Milky Way was not the only galaxy in the Universe and that the Universe is expanding
Hubble's other careers were:
Hubble's Law -- that the distances between galaxies are constantly increasing -- made it possible to calculate:
the age of the Universe
what galaxies are made of
how big the Universe will get
Correct!
Working backward, scientists used Hubble's Law to determine that the Big Bang occurred about 13 billion years ago.
Edwin Hubble grouped galaxies according to their shape.
Fact
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Fiction
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Fact
Hubble was the first to categorize galaxies by shape. Astronomers still use these shapes to define galaxies: elliptical, spiral, and irregular.
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I chucked the law for astronomy, and I knew that even if I were second-rate or third-rate, it was astronomy that mattered.
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Edwin Hubble