[PatrickHenry]

Like it says: "... the universe could be 15 percent bigger and 15 percent older than any previous calculations suggested."

[woofie]

This could be very bad news for the universe

[Conan the Librarian]

Odd thing about this is they don't mention delta cepheid variables. All local galaxies can be measured fairly reliably by using them (they are the milepost of astronomy). Why bother with anything else?

(Or did they imply it in the part about absolute vs apparent magnitude?)

[longshadow]

I'd like to know how they ruled out dust/absorption as the explanation for the dimmer-than-expected light. And without lots of confirmatory observations, how can they infer that ALL distances to ALL galaxies, and hence the Hubble constant, is wrong? Moreover, M33 seems too close to use as an indicator of the Hubble constant; local motion can easily swamp it, as is the case for Andromeda, which is at a comparable distance.

Or am I missing something here?

[TexasCajun]

And haven't I read where the universe is composed of something like 14 dimensions, not just 3 or 4?

What are the odds of another TexasCajun in an alternate universe, only taller and more handsome?

[AFPhys]

If this stands up under further scrutiny (and I suspect it will) there will be a huge amount of "certain knowledge" that will have to be revisited.

[timestax]

[Hebrews 11:6]

Ah, so my old friend Allen Sandage's estimate of his mentor Hubble's Constant was closer than we've been led to believe, after all.

[Continental Soldier]

When it hits 20%, sell!

[RobRoy]

AHA!!!

Proof that the earth is only 300 years old!

[Old Professer]

I suppose that means the price of a roundtrip ticket's going up by 30% now.

[Diamond]

That means that the universe could be 15 percent bigger and 15 percent older than any previous calculations suggested.

Bummer.

Cordially,

[zeugma]

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