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James Webb Telescope Confirms That the Universe Is Expanding at Different Speeds

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Re: James Webb Telescope Confirms That the Universe Is Expanding at Different Speeds

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This result has 8.3-sigma confidence, so it's as good as it can get statistically. Even greater confidence than that of the Hubble tension itself. The Hubble Tension is real. The expansion of universe is accelerating.

They confirmed[0] that the Hubble Tension[1] is a valid discrepancy between the two different ways of measuring the expansion of the universe.

[0] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad1ddd

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law#Hubble_tension

Re: James Webb Telescope Confirms That the Universe Is Expanding at Different Speeds

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Can someone more familiar with the science help me out?

- On the one hand, the universe can be expanding at different rates.

- On the other hand, is it possible our approach to measuring the expansion (e.g., using Cepheid variable stars) might be the problem?

Re: James Webb Telescope Confirms That the Universe Is Expanding at Different Speeds

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This does not seem strange to me, since time does not flow the same everywhere - and phenomena occur at different subjective speeds.

I don’t understand what “time does not flow the same everywhere” means. Can you elaborate?
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