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... galaxies - a reddening of their light indicating they are receding at speeds proportional to their distances . In both the steady - state and big - bang hypotheses ( qq.v. ) of cosmology , the universe is considered to be expanding , in ...
... galaxies - a reddening of their light indicating they are receding at speeds proportional to their distances . In both the steady - state and big - bang hypotheses ( qq.v. ) of cosmology , the universe is considered to be expanding , in ...
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... galaxies and re- vised to a modern photometric system the magnitudes for most of the brighter cata- logued galaxies . In 1956 he proposed a model of a local " supergalaxy " ( including the Milky Way ) 25,000,000 light years in diameter ...
... galaxies and re- vised to a modern photometric system the magnitudes for most of the brighter cata- logued galaxies . In 1956 he proposed a model of a local " supergalaxy " ( including the Milky Way ) 25,000,000 light years in diameter ...
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... galaxies are apparently almost completely absent . The zone is of ir- regular width , up to about 40 ° , and follows the plane of the Milky Way . The phenomenon is caused by clouds of dark matter in this plane that blot out most of the ...
... galaxies are apparently almost completely absent . The zone is of ir- regular width , up to about 40 ° , and follows the plane of the Milky Way . The phenomenon is caused by clouds of dark matter in this plane that blot out most of the ...
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