New JWST data worsens the Hubble tension

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A nicely visual, well illustrated article describing the two inconsistent values for the Hubble Constant.
JWST results only make the Cepheid variable data more accurate than ever.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang ... e-tension/

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15806v1
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Good article Steven, thanks.

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Interesting thanks is this the answerhttps://phys.org/news/2023-08-expansion ... drift.html Nod to Helcion...
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