Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 23, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Gaia clocks speedy cosmic expansion Quote Europe’s Gaia space telescope has been used to clock the expansion rate of the Universe and - once again - it has produced some head-scratching. The reason? The speed is faster than what one would expect from measurements of the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Some other telescopes have found this same problem, too. But Gaia’s contribution is particularly significant because the precision of its observations is unprecedented. Read more: BBC News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted September 24, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Thank you Waspie, really interesting. Would this mean we could/should rethink about how dark matter and dark energy interact with the visible universe? Or rethink them altogether? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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