Hubble proved Andromeda is a separate galaxy by identifying a Cepheid variable star within it. Cepheid variables have a period-luminosity relationship: longer period means greater brightness. Knowing ...
Though the universe is filled with billions and billions of stars, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been trained on a single variable star that in 1923 altered the course of modern astronomy. And, at ...
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