Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025It seems hard to believe, but there are people alive today who were born into what many scientists thought was a much smaller universe. (3/n) 1562
Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Until recently, my favorite examples of this were Jimmy Carter and Betty White. President Carter was three months old when Hubble made his announcement. Betty White was about to turn three years old when we realized there are other galaxies. (4/n) 2543
Judy D @judyd.bsky.social · 01/01/2025My mom and dad were both three. He died in 2019, she six months later in 2020. Shortly after it was launched my dad took me out to look for sputnik, and later, just to look up. 151
Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Hubble’s announcement — Other galaxies exist! Our Milky Way is just one of many! — was made on the third day of the 33rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, in a paper read by H.N. Russell. The meeting started on the 30th; maybe Hubble chose New Year’s Day for dramatic effect. (5/n) 2485
