Stone to Silicon

Math & science · 1929

Expanding universe

Hubble finds that distant galaxies recede faster, the universe is expanding.

Lemaitre had derived the relation in 1927; Hubble's Mount Wilson data showed it. Earlier, in 1924, Hubble had shown that spiral nebulae are separate galaxies.

See it in the living treeWikipedia

Arcs above join it to what it stood on, arcs below to what it led to. The bar places this stretch on the tree's whole timeline.

What it built on 3

What it led to 2