New Estimate: Universe Two Billion Years Younger

Big Bang scientists recently used a new method to estimate the universe’s age. This method yields an age estimate that could be over two billion years younger than their current age estimate of 13.8 billion years.1,2 However, this new method has large uncertainties, so not too much can be made of this result.


Moon Is Unexpectedly Still Cooling and Shrinking

Scientists have concluded that our moon is probably still in the process of slightly shrinking as it cools.1,2


Big Bang Hubble Contradiction Confirmed

Using data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed a contradiction between two different estimates of the Hubble constant—an extremely important number in cosmology.1
 


First Ever Photo of a Black Hole


Meteorite Impact Observed During Lunar Eclipse

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