Belgian priest recognized in Hubble-law name change (original) (raw)
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- 30 October 2018
Astronomy organization votes to acknowledge the work of Georges Lemaître in the discovery of the Universe’s expansion — but some doubt whether the change will stick.
Members of a major international organization of astronomers have voted to change the name of the Hubble law — which relates to the Universe’s expansion and underpins modern cosmology — to recognize a contribution made by the Belgian priest and astronomer Georges Lemaître.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07234-y