Edwin Hubble1924
Identifies multiple Cepheid variables in M31 and uses their periods to demonstrate that Andromeda is far outside the Milky Way.
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Identifies multiple Cepheid variables in M31 and uses their periods to demonstrate that Andromeda is far outside the Milky Way.
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