Universe

Universe
All that is. In 1920 this term was used also to describe the Milky Way stellar system. With the resolution of the Curtis - Shapley debate came the first generally accepted understanding that our Galaxy was not the only galaxy in the cosmos, so that the universe contains more than the Milky Way stellar system. Write something for this item ?

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