The scientist who discovered that the small fuzzy path in the sky observed through the telescope are nothing but galaxies and categorised them according to their shape was:
A
Galileo
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B
Halley
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C
Edwin Hubble
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D
Kepler
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Solution
The correct option is B Edwin Hubble Answer is C
Edwin Hubble categorized the galaxies into different types according to their shapes. He classified galaxies into four major types: spiral, barred spiral, elliptical and irregular. Most of the nearby, bright galaxies are spirals, barred spirals or elliptical.