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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

How Fast Is the Universe Expanding? New Hubble Constant Measurement Highlights Discrepancy Between Estimates of Our Cosmic Fate - by the University of California - Berkeley

Title of course:
How Fast Is the Universe Expanding? New Hubble Constant Measurement Highlights Discrepancy Between Estimates of Our Cosmic Fate
 
By:
University of California - Berkeley
 
Published:
SciTechDaily, 9 March 2021
 
From the article:
Determining how rapidly the universe is expanding is key to understanding our cosmic fate, but with more precise data has come a conundrum: Estimates based on measurements within our local universe don’t agree with extrapolations from the era shortly after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.  
 
A new estimate of the local expansion rate — the Hubble constant, or H0 (H-naught) — reinforces that discrepancy.