https://freerepublic.com/tag/magnificationtheory/ en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 02:57:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4380422/posts Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard Image Processing: D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) =============================================================================== In A Nutshell A 37-member international team produced the most precise direct measurement of the Hubble constant ever recorded, with just 1.1 percent uncertainty. By linking a dozen different cosmic distance measurement methods into a single “Distance Network,” they confirmed the universe is currently expanding at about 73.5 kilometers per second per 3.26 million light-years. That rate conflicts with what the Big Bang’s ancient afterglow predicts by more than seven times the margin of error, a gap that makes a simple measurement mistake increasingly implausible. Resolving... Study Finds https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4380422/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2026 02:57:11 GMT