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“The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system.” Edwin Hubble is a scientist, who provided evidence that the universe is expanding. The missourian achieved great things in his sixty-three years, making vast strides for the astronomy community. Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri on November 20, 1889. At a young age his family moved to Wheaton, Illinois, where he spent most of his childhood. While in college, he worked under Robert Millikan, Nobel prize winner for his work in physics. When WW1 began, Edwin Hubble volunteered his service. He also put his career on hold in 1942, when he served in WW2. While Hubble was working primarily in science, he provide much support for Einstein’s theory on the expanding universe. However,

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