U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers have announced that “something strange” has happened that has baffled modern scientists.
According to a press release by NASA, this oddity includes research into the expansion rate of the universe, which supports “the idea that something strange is happening, possibly involving brand new physics.” This latest oddity follows breakthroughs in the “dark energy” study, according to the statement.
NASA describes dark energy as “a mysterious driving force accelerating the expansion of the universe.”
NASA thinks the expansion of the universe is faster than Hubble astronomers initially predicted. Because the new data shows an expansion rate of 73 kilometers per second, this discovery challenges previous data from the Hubble Telescope that suggested the universe is expanding at 67.5 kilometers per second.
Scientists can’t explain the difference between the expansion rate of the local universe and the rate of expansion of the primordial universe, suggesting that the answer may involve additional physics of the universe that we haven’t yet uncovered, according to the statement.
Although the data collected by the Hubble telescope over the years has advanced science considerably, the answer to this new question may require examining the data collected by the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope…
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