Hubble Space Telescope data suggests ‘something weird’ is going on with our universe: NASA
According to Nasa, the Hubble Space Telescope has reached a new milestone in its quest to determine how fast the universe is expanding. And it supports the theory that something weird is happening in our universe.
However, as those measurements have become more exact, they have shown something odd. When comparing data from right after the Big Bang to the rate of growth of the universe as it is around us, there is a significant disparity.
Scientists are perplexed by the disparity. However, it shows that “something weird” is happening in our universe. It could be the product of unknown, new physics, according to NASA.
Hubble has been collecting data on a collection of “milepost markets” in space and time for the past 30 years. It can be used to trace the expansion rate of the universe as it moves away from us.
In a statement, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, said, “You are getting the most precise measurement of the expansion rate for the universe from the gold standard of telescopes and cosmic mile markers.”
