Webb Validates Hubble’s Distance Measurements

Dec 11, 2024 - 14:00
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Webb Validates Hubble’s Distance Measurements
This artist’s impression shows the evolution of the Universe beginning with the Big Bang on the left followed by the appearance of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The formation of the first stars ends the cosmic dark ages, followed by the formation of galaxies. Image credit: M. Weiss / Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

New observations from Webb confirms previous Hubble measurements of distances between nearby stars and galaxies, offering a crucial cross-check to address the mismatch in measurements of the Universe’s mysterious expansion. Known as the Hubble tension, the discrepancy remains unexplained even by the best cosmology models.

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