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Red Shifts and the Distribution of Nebulae

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1937

Edwin Powell Hubble1937

Science / Astronomy

Hubble publishes a Royal Astronomical Society paper examining the relation between galaxy redshifts and the observed distribution of nebulae, continuing his empirical tests of cosmological models.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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