New Hubble constant measurement adds to mystery of universe’s expansion rate – The Bisouv Network – The Bisouv Network

Astronomers have made a new measurement of how fast the universe is expanding, using an entirely different kind of star than previous endeavors. The revised measurement, which comes from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, falls in the center of a hotly debated question in astrophysics that may lead to a new interpretation of the universe’s fundamental properties.
Scientists have known for almost a century that the universe is expanding, meaning the distance between galaxies across the universe is becoming…

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