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John Mulchaey with Hubble’s VAR! plate

John Mulchaey with Hubble’s VAR! plate
John Mulchaey with Hubble’s VAR! plate Carnegie Science President John Mulchaey points out details on Edwin Hubble’s original VAR! plate during the Oct. 13, 2026, ceremony at Carnegie’s Hale Library in Pasadena, California. The glass plate is rarely on public display, and Mulchaey said he worked at Carnegie Science for 20 years before seeing it in person. He called Hubble’s discovery the most important result in astronomy in the last 400 years. Sarah Al-Ahmed / The Planetary Society