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Cosmology

Belgium · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1925

Georges Lemaitre1925

Cambridge · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre studies relativistic cosmology and begins work that will connect general relativity to cosmic expansion

Names involved

Georges Lemaitre

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