On this day in 1889, Edwin Powell Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri. He would go on to become an important astronomer who found that the “nebulae” in his time were actually galaxies far beyond our Milky Way. He also determined that the galaxies were moving away from one another, indicating an expanding universe. Of course, name is probably most recognizable to the pubic today as it relates to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Edwin Hubble knew he was part of long list of astronomers seeking answers about our universe when he said:
From our home on the Earth, we look out into the distances and strive to imagine the sort of world into which we were born. Today, we have reached far into space. Our immediate neighborhood we know rather intimately. But with increasing distance our knowledge fades … The search will continue. The urge is older than history. It is not satisfied and will not be suppressed.
You can read more about Edwin Hubble here.
Our Awesome Universe 