NASA: ‘Something weird’ is expanding universe amid Hubble discoveryBy Ben Cost
May 23, 2022
There’s a disturbance in the force.
During a recent study on the universe’s expansion rate, NASA researchers discovered “something weird” transpiring in the cosmos that might not be able to be explained by modern science.
The discovery supports “the idea that something weird is going on, possibly involving brand new physics,” per a recent press release by NASA.
The interstellar anomaly comes on the heels of recent breakthroughs regarding “dark energy,” a mysterious repulsive force that sped up the universe’s expansion, according to the study. With the help of the Hubble Telescope and other cutting-edge instruments, astronomers had managed to gather the most accurate data yet regarding this intergalactic augmentation metric.
“You are getting the most precise measure of the expansion rate for the universe,” said Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
However, the increased precision has paradoxically led to increased ambiguity: scientists discovered a discrepancy between the “expansion rate as measured in the local universe compared to independent observations from right after the big bang, which predict a different expansion value,” according to the release.
Scientists are unable to explain the paradigm-shifting phenomenon. However, the discrepancy suggests that there is something fishy transpiring in the universe whose answer might involve “additional physics of the universe.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/nasa-something-weird-is-expanding-universe-amid-hubble-discovery/
