▲ 840 ▼ James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 298 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bristle1744@lemmy.today 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) TLDR: Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. We can now confirm it's not measurement error. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh. Well. That's. Terrifying? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lightborne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Uh, why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm afraid of things I can't understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rinox@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago You can make a religion out of that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't worry, we're expanding with it! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I'm not expanding! It's just my big bones, y'know! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It's not a matter of where we look, it's the method we use to calculate the expansion. The 2 methods to calculate the expansion rate give us different results. For a good explanation, here is a YouTube playlist of videos by Dr. Becky Smethurst where she discusses & explains the "Crisis in Cosmology": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd19WvC9yqUf5TRqYoMYxEwjT6JIDW4Zn permalink fedilink source parent
[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh. Well. That's. Terrifying? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lightborne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Uh, why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm afraid of things I can't understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rinox@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago You can make a religion out of that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't worry, we're expanding with it! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I'm not expanding! It's just my big bones, y'know! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lightborne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Uh, why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm afraid of things I can't understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rinox@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago You can make a religion out of that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm afraid of things I can't understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rinox@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago You can make a religion out of that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rinox@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago You can make a religion out of that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't worry, we're expanding with it! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I'm not expanding! It's just my big bones, y'know! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I'm not expanding! It's just my big bones, y'know! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It's not a matter of where we look, it's the method we use to calculate the expansion. The 2 methods to calculate the expansion rate give us different results. For a good explanation, here is a YouTube playlist of videos by Dr. Becky Smethurst where she discusses & explains the "Crisis in Cosmology": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd19WvC9yqUf5TRqYoMYxEwjT6JIDW4Zn permalink fedilink source parent