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JWST takes a jab at the mystery of the universe's expansion rate
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSpiral galaxy NGC 5584, which resides 72 million light-years away, contains pulsating stars called...
James Webb Space Telescope deepens major debate over universe's expansion rate
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA large galaxy takes up the entirety of the image. The galaxy has a bright white core, and several...
'Hubble trouble' could deepen with new measurement of the universe's expansion
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCosmologists have a problem: Their measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe don't...
James Webb Space Telescope complicates expanding universe paradox by checking Hubble's work
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe JWST's findings further scientists' conundrum of having different measurements of the expansion...
'It could be profound': How astronomer Wendy Freedman is trying to fix the universe
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoUniversity of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the...
The Hubble Tension Is Extremely Real—and Extremely Frustrating
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoWe still don’t know why different measurements of the rate of the universe’s expansion don’t match....
Faraway blue star cluster shines in Hubble Space Telescope photo
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHubble Space Telescope photo of the globular cluster NGC 2031, located in the constellation Mensa in...
US starts grappling with 'travesty' of untreated hepatitis C
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToo many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C, and a study underway in a hard-hit...
How human 'computers' Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention...
How fast is the universe expanding? New supernova data could help nail it down
Space via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA warp in the fabric of space and time that acted like a giant magnifying glass may help solve a...