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1889 – 1953Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)Died 28 September 1953, aged 63Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations demonstrated that the universe contains galaxies beyond the Milky Way and that it is expanding. His work provided the observational basis for the Big Bang theory and reshaped modern cosmology. The Hubble Space Telescope was later named in his honor.