New UChicago study may resolve mystery about measuring expanding universe
CHICAGO -- It was 95 years ago that astronomer and University of Chicago alumnus Edwin Hubble made the discoveries that proved the universe is expanding—but the question of just how fast the expansion is happening remains a matter of debate.But a UChicago-led analysis of new measurements from the NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be helping put that debate to bed.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021 as a successor to the Hubble Telescope, which was launched in 1990 and is also still operating. The Webb Telescope has captured sharp images and collected new and revolutionary data that has allowed for new discoveries about the universe, UChicago noted.Freedman specializes in the second of the two methods of measuring the H0.
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