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

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1938

Fritz Zwicky1938

Science / Astronomy

When Edwin Hubble discovered a linear relationship between the distance to a galaxy and its redshift expressed as a velocity, Zwicky speculated that the effect was due not to motions of the galaxy, but to the slowing down of photons

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Fritz Zwicky

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