Hubble constant

A warped supernova discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could settle a long-standing debate

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Two supernovasS in a galaxy, and a galaxy so far away that we see it as it was 10 billion years ago, could be crucial in helping to reveal the expansion rate of the universe. This is a measurement that has caused some tension within the scientific community. The galaxy and the two supernovae were … Read more

Can a ‘supervoid’ resolve a brutal debate over the expansion rate of the universe?

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A large discrepancy between different measurements of the expansion rate of our universe could be explained if our galaxy, the Milky Way, is located in a void of two billion light years. That is the conclusion of scientists who claim that a modified theory exists gravity can replace the standard model of cosmology. However, this … Read more