JWST Might Have Solved the Puzzle About the Universe’s Expansion Rate

JWST Might Have Solved the Puzzle About the Universe’s Expansion Rate

Recent analysis of data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new measurements of the universe’s expansion rate, offering fresh insights into the long-standing debate known as the “Hubble tension.” For years, astronomers have struggled to reconcile two major methods of measuring the universe’s expansion, which have produced differing results. The new study, … Read more

Atacama Telescope Reveals Most Detailed Cosmic Microwave Background Yet

Atacama Telescope Reveals Most Detailed Cosmic Microwave Background Yet

New images from the now-decommissioned Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) provide the most precise glimpse yet of the universe just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These images of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), captured before ACT ceased operations in 2022, reveal how the first structures that would later form stars and galaxies began taking shape. … Read more