Hubble found a Cepheid in the Andromeda Nebula, using its period and brightness to calculate distance. This distance was far beyond our galaxy, proving Andromeda is a separate galaxy.

Paradise Lost: A Biography By Alan Jacobs Princeton University Press 224 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.

Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.

Book Review: A new biography goes long and deep on the rise and fall of rock band Talking Heads “Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock” starts with ...

In the second part of our expansive book review series, we present a wondrously queer selection of biography and memoir titles illuminating how members of our community have stood up and struggled ...

But during the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble began measuring the red shift – the amount light is shifted to the red end of the spectrum – and noticed that it varied depending on how fast a ...

Following David Lynch's death earlier this year, a new book offers an intimate look into the enigmatic world of the legendary filmmaker.

EWTN officially launched the first authoritative biography of Pope Leo XIV during an event at the Vatican on May 22.

Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.