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'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· 3 months agoThe JWST's findings further scientists' conundrum of having different measurements of the expansion...
JWST takes a jab at the mystery of the universe's expansion rate
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSpiral galaxy NGC 5584, which resides 72 million light-years away, contains pulsating stars called...
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...
'It could be profound': How astronomer Wendy Freedman is trying to fix the universe
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoUniversity of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the...
How human 'computers' Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention...
The Hubble Tension Is Extremely Real—and Extremely Frustrating
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoWe still don’t know why different measurements of the rate of the universe’s expansion don’t match....
12 James Webb Space Telescope findings that changed our understanding of the universe in 2023
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. It's golden mirror is seen atop its...
Polaris Star: How to Spot the North Star in the Night Sky
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPolaris, also known as the North Star, is almost exactly over the celestial North Pole, making it extremely useful for navigation (and for making wishes on, as well).
After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFor decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble...