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  • Something Is Not Quite Right In the Universe, Ultraprecise New Measurement Reveals

    02/09/2019 9:49:05 AM PST · by ETL · 82 replies
    Space.com ^ | February 9, 2019 | Mara Johnson-Groh, Live Science Contributor
    Something isn't quite right in the universe. At least based on everything physicists know so far. Stars, galaxies, black holes and all the other celestial objects are hurtling away from each other ever faster over time. Past measurements in our local neighborhood of the universe find that the universe is exploding outward faster than it was in the beginning. That shouldn't be the case, based on scientists' best descriptor of the universe. If their measurements of a value known as the Hubble Constant are correct, it means that the current model is missing crucial new physics, such as unaccounted-for fundamental...