Science: Still Expanding

When Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced in 1929 that the universe is apparently expanding at a fantastic rate, he threw cosmology into a state of confusion from which it has not yet recovered. Some cosmologists pointed out hopefully that his startling theory was based on comparatively few observations made with Mt. Wilson's 100-in. telescope. There remained a chance that the 200-in. Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain might prove that the universe really behaves in a more seemly manner. This week, at the Berkeley meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the cosmologists got the news from Palomar: the universe...

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