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Confirmation of the Theory of General Relativity.
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Dr. Shapley observes the Milky Way.
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Period: to
Cosmic Times
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Einstein adds cosmological constant to General Relativity equation.
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Edwin Hubble takes photos of spiral nebulae
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Proved the existence of Andromeda
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Spiral, irregular, and eliptical galaxies named
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Walter Baade photographed Andromeda
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Two types of super-novae identified: Type 1 and Type 2
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Two thoeries for the creation of the Universe: Big Bang and Steady State
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Arno Panzias and Robert Wilson discovered energy existing at the center of the universe
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Emily LeRox, Andre Doroshkevic, and Edward Ohm missed backround radiation in their data
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NGC 3521 and NGC 972 astronomers find light doesn't match what we would expect from the amount of matter
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Inflation theory states that the Universe underwent a very rapid expansion.
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Dark Matter: Matter we can not see, but exerts gravity
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The big bang created energy called Cosmic microwave backround (CMB)
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Universe Composition:Darkness: 73%, Atoms: 4%, Dark matter: 23%
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Dr. John C. Mather, a NASA won a Nobel Prize for discoveries about the microwave backround.