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...dense masses of the Milky Way are concerned, this is scientifically correct. But in recent years astronomical research has disclosed, far above and below the disk, a sparse population of stars which cosmically and gravitationally belong to the Milky Way galaxy. Harlow Shapley of Harvard Observatory, famed cosmic map maker, has interested himself in these galactic outriders...
...leaders of the university's branch of the American Federation of Teachers, even conservative facultymen feared their dismissal was a blow aimed at academic freedom, and they petitioned for an investigation. Thereupon, President James Bryant Conant appointed a committee of nine, including Law Professor Felix Frankfurter, Astronomer Harlow Shapley...
...accomplishments of the "perfusion pump" designed with his help by Colonel Charles Lindbergh (TIME, Feb. 24, 1936) in which dozens of different organs have now been kept alive, including thyroids, parathyroids, nerve ganglions, salivary and mammary glands, livers, spleens, kidneys, lungs, and even cancerous tumors. Harvard's Harlow Shapley described four new swarms of star-galaxies or island universes, each galaxy containing billions of stars-a discovery which may bear on the agitated question of whether the all-embracing Universe is expanding or not. Grey old Ernest W. Brown, professor emeritus of mathematics at Yale and a famed authority...
...conjectures advanced as to the probable nature of the cluster, Shapley said the evidence so far favors the assumption that the stars may have an absolute magnitude of -1.5, comparable to that of the brightest stars in the globular star clusters. If that is the case, it can be definitely established only when variable stars have been found in the group, then the cluster would be about 250,000 light years from the earth, and would measure about 6,500 light years in diameter...
...assumptions, however, the Sculptor cluster is sufficiently different from any other known star systems to warrant the belief that it represents a hitherto undisclosed classification, Dr. Shapley said...