The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, who grew up in Marshfield before becoming a world leader in astrophysics and known as the “Father of Modern Cosmology.”
Marshfield
Known by old timers as “the day that Marshfield blew away,” an F-4 tornado struck Marshfield and killed 99. 100 more were injured.
Astronomer Edwin Hubble was born today in Marshfield. Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding as well as ways to measure its speed. He discovered that almost every “star” that had been observed was actually a galaxy containing millions of stars.
