In what year did Edwin Hubble die?

Edwin Hubble died in 1953. He died on September 28 at his home in San Marino, California, after suffering a cerebral thrombosis.

The year marked the end of a career that had reshaped astronomy. Hubble helped establish that the Milky Way is only one galaxy among many and organized galaxies by their visible forms. His observations also demonstrated that many galaxies are receding from one another, contributing to the evidence that the universe is expanding.

Hubble’s death came after years of research at California observatories. He worked at Mount Wilson Observatory for much of his career and was also involved with the Palomar Observatory project. During World War II, he temporarily left astronomy to work at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, later receiving the Medal of Merit for his wartime service.

The date is sometimes confused with the 1990 launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope was named after Hubble decades after his death, honoring his contributions to extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology.