Relax, the tension is easing

[OzEclipse]

The debate about the two methods of measuring the Hubble Constant giving different results and referred to as the "Hubble Tension" is over.

Wendy Freedman, a renowned astronomer and the John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago, made some of the original measurements of the expansion rate of the universe that resulted in a higher value of the Hubble constant. But in a new review paper accepted to the Astrophysical Journal, Freedman gives an overview of the most recent observations. Her conclusion: the latest observations are beginning to close the gap.

That is, there may not be a conflict after all, and our standard model of the universe does not need to be significantly modified.

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-conflict- ... ebate.html
Joe

[GCoyote]

But, I really wanted some new physics.