Month: November 2016

Star Talk: The quest for 1% – the past, present and future for measuring the Hubble Constant and the expansion of the Universe

“The quest for 1%: the past, present and future for measuring the Hubble Constant and the expansion of the Universe”, presented by Professor Hilding Neilson Abstract: Almost a century ago, Edwin Hubble discovered that galaxies appear to be moving away from us and that farther galaxies moved at faster rates. This discovery revolutionized our view…
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October 2016: Picture of the Month

This is the new and highest resolution map of the universe’s most abundant gas. hydrogen.