Expansion Of The Universe - Hubble shows discrepancies?

[steve_bank]

Hubble identifies unusual wrinkle in expansion rate of the universe

The Hubble Space Telescope has helped scientists understand that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, all while uncovering a mysterious wrinkle that only brand-new physics may solve.

www.cnn.com

n the quest to understand how quickly our universe expands, astronomers already made one unexpected discovery in 1998: "dark energy." This phenomenon acts as a mysterious repulsive force that accelerates the expansion rate

And there is another twist: an unexplained difference between the expansion rate of the local universe versus that of the distant universe right after the big bang.
Scientists don't understand the discrepancy, but acknowledge that it's weird and could require new physics.
"You are getting the most precise measure of the expansion rate for the universe from the gold standard of telescopes and cosmic mile markers," said Nobel Laureate Adam Riess at the Space Telescope Science Institute and a distinguished professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, in a statement.
"This is what the Hubble Space Telescope was built to do, using the best techniques we know to do it. This is likely Hubble's magnum opus, because it would take another 30 years of Hubble's life to even double this sample size."

 

[Tigers!]

the more we learn we more there is to learn.

 

[skepticalbip]

the more we learn we more there is to learn.

And one of the things we have learned is that maybe there is a problem (or problems) with our model and/or our 'standard candle' isn't standard...

 

[steve_bank]

the more we learn we more there is to learn.

And one of the things we have learned is that maybe there is a problem (or problems) with our model and/or our 'standard candle' isn't standard...

That was my first thought.