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Expanding Universe

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

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1927

Georges Lemaitre1927

Louvain · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre derives an expanding universe model from general relativity and estimates an expansion rate

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Georges Lemaitre

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