2022.08.04

Cosmic Conflict

A debate over measurements of key cosmological properties is set to shape the next decade of astrophysics

MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTER MACSJ0717.5+3745: Studies of such clusters and other large cosmic structures are revealing troubling inconsistencies in scientists’ assumptions about the universe. Source: NASA/ESA/HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)

MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTER MACSJ0717.5+3745: Studies of such clusters and other large cosmic structures are revealing troubling inconsistencies in scientists’ assumptions about the universe. Source: NASA/ESA/HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)

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