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The universe is expanding 5-9% faster than astronomers expected, Hubble team finds
Illustration shows the three steps astronomers used to measure the universe’s expansion rate to an unprecedented accuracy. (Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Feild (STScI), and A. Riess (STScI/JHU)) New research from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team suggests that the universe is expanding significantly faster than astronomers originally thought. The latest measurements indicate an expansion rate five to nine…