That year, an observatory official,V.M.Slipher, offered a young man a job working with the new telescope.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

On March thirteenth, Clyde Tombaugh and V.M Slipher announced the discovery of a new planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Evidence that the universe is expanding was first discovered at Lowell Observatory by V.M.Slipher.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

He would visit Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson shortly after his meeting with Slipher.

FORBES: Flagstaff's Role In The Expanding Universe

Vesto Melvin Slipher is one of the key figures often overlooked in histories of modern cosmology.

FORBES: A Giant In Hubble's Shadow

This forced Slipher to devote more and more time away from his research to businesses that could keep the institution running.

FORBES: A Giant In Hubble's Shadow