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Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all]
For years, astronomers debated the so-called cosmology crisis, especially the tension in how fast the universe is expanding. Now, Webbs deep-field observations are adding fuel to the fire.
Instead of tidy, predictable early galaxies, Webb is revealing massive, surprisingly mature systems forming far earlier than standard models allow. These findings dont just tweak the timelinethey pressure the very framework of dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic evolution. If galaxies grew this big this fast, then something fundamental is missing from the equations.
The crisis in cosmology isnt about one anomaly. Its about pattern after pattern refusing to fit. The expansion rate disagrees depending on how you measure it. Early structures look too advanced. Simulations struggle to keep up with observation. The universe isnt behaving the way the textbooks promised. So what happens next? Do physicists patch the modelor rethink it entirely? The answers unfolding now could redefine the story of space, time, and everything in between.
Instead of tidy, predictable early galaxies, Webb is revealing massive, surprisingly mature systems forming far earlier than standard models allow. These findings dont just tweak the timelinethey pressure the very framework of dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic evolution. If galaxies grew this big this fast, then something fundamental is missing from the equations.
The crisis in cosmology isnt about one anomaly. Its about pattern after pattern refusing to fit. The expansion rate disagrees depending on how you measure it. Early structures look too advanced. Simulations struggle to keep up with observation. The universe isnt behaving the way the textbooks promised. So what happens next? Do physicists patch the modelor rethink it entirely? The answers unfolding now could redefine the story of space, time, and everything in between.
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Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all]
Sancho
Tuesday
OP
Exactly, "...the way the textbooks promised" sounds like something a pseudo-scientist would say
William Seger
Tuesday
#7
Yeah, but putting the word "crisis" in the headline makes for more clicks...
Wounded Bear
Tuesday
#15
very cool! But does anyone know what that little cartoon image is, in the middle of the cover picture? It looks like a
LymphocyteLover
Tuesday
#13
We haven't been around very long in terms of what we see as the age of the Cosmos.
patphil
Tuesday
#17
Compared to the Universe (13.8 billion years): Humans have been present for roughly 0.002%...
Ol Janx Spirit
Tuesday
#22