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The universe is expanding even faster than expected - 727Sky - 06-03-2016 Something interesting about everything we see and do not seeĀ in the universe. The universe is expanding even faster than expected... See link for complete article https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602122506.htm Quote:Date: June 2, 2016 Source: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Summary: Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that the universe is expanding 5-9% percent faster than expected. They made the discovery by refining the universe's current expansion rate to unprecedented accuracy, reducing the uncertainty to only 2.4%. The team made the refinements by developing innovative techniques that improved the precision of distance measurements to faraway galaxies. These measurements are fundamental to making more precise calculations of how fast the universe expands with time, a value called the Hubble constant. Quote:Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected. RE: The universe is expanding even faster than expected - DuckforcoveR - 06-03-2016 This is absolutely mind-blowing. To think that at our current (known / practiced privately) technology level the universe is actually getting smaller is fascinating. Granted, I (or probably us as a species) won't be around to see when it's fully at "double" the distance between objects, the further everything travels away is probably still faster than our advances at getting fast enough just to keep up with expansion. Hell, if it didn't expand we'd probably still be pretty far off from being able to travel any measurable distance. Again, at our "current known / practiced" speed |