Jan. 23 (UPI) --The Hubble constant is the rate at which the universe is expanding. Through the decades, astronomers have developed more reliable ways to estimate the value of the Hubble constant, but ...

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With the combined power of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the Hubble Constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding. But the results provide ...

Hubble’s measurements of today’s expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on how the Universe appeared shortly after the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. Using new data from the ...

NASA has released a huge new report that astronomers are calling Hubble’s magnum opus. Analyzing 30 years of data from the famous space telescope, the new study makes the most precise measurement yet ...

Here's the good news: Astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the rate at which the universe is expanding since the Big Bang. Here's the possibly unsettling news: The new numbers ...

Pasadena, CA— In the early part of the 20th Century, Carnegie astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. The rate of expansion is known as the Hubble constant. Its precise ...

We just might need new physics to get out of this mess. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. HONOLULU — A crisis in physics may have ...

Nearly 200 000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. As the Milky Way's gravity gently ...