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There is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe. Scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have triple-checked and confirmed that depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at bafflingly different rates. Live Science explains more, including how scientists are ruling out a measurement error as the cause of the “Hubble Tension.” https://flip.it/VDvM6g
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Like 14 April at 19:16 | Open on flipboard.social

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@ScienceDesk
Depends where dark energy is. A parameter not able to be measured.

14 April at 19:19 | Open on sfba.social

Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪

@ScienceDesk
🤣 I don’t see what the issue is.

"Space" isn't uniform. Some parts are "thicker" than others, and offer more "resistance" to expansion.

Also, the forces driving expansion aren't uniform. Some parts "push" more than others.

Basically, the same reasons Amoeba and nuclear explosions aren't spherical.

All grossly oversimplified.

14 April at 19:42 | Open on ieji.de

Ricardo Wilcke

@ScienceDesk ist doch normal. Dunkle Materiemasse ist ungleich verteilt im Universum und deswegen gibt es verschieden schnelle Ausdehnungen. Hat schon Einstein in seiner Formel festgehalten. Ausserdem müssen wir erst lernen, das es Sachen gibt, die wir mit unserem Erkenntnisstand nicht erklären können, weil unser Intelekt noch zu Jung ist, um in Ansätzen, das Firmament zu verstehen. Bis wir das rausfinden, sind wir vorher aus Dummheit und Gier ausgestorben. Puh. Schwere Kost