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We've misunderstood the Universe

The latest astronomy and space news, written by Ezzy Pearson BULLETIN

There’s something wrong with our understanding of the Universe and, as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just confirmed, it doesn’t seem to be an observational error.

One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is be from looking at the early cosmos. Using observations of the earliest Universe and applying our understanding of how space behaves, astronomers can calculate the value of expansion we expect to find in modern times.

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