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Allan Sandage’s Last Paper Unravels 100-Year-Old Astronomical Mystery

George Gamow and astronomer Walter Adams' hand-drawn letter
George Gamow and astronomer Walter Adams exchanged a letter that included a hand-drawn figure from Gamow that predated Sandage’s illustration of stellar evolution by 10 years. Image from the Walter Adams Papers at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, Box 25, Folder 25.451.)

Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Carnegie’s Allan Sandage, who died in 2012, was a tremendously influential figure in the field of astronomy. His final paper, published posthumously, focuses on unraveling a surprising historical mystery related to…

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