WASHINGTON — The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it’s about a billion years younger than we thought, a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says. And that’s sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of their most basic concepts.
Associated Press: New study says universe expanding faster and is younger
A handout photo released on Oct. 17, 2018 by the European Southern Observatory shows a colossal structure in the early Universe uncovered by an international team of astronomers using the VIMOS instrument of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This galaxy proto-supercluster - which they nickname Hyperion - was unveiled by new measurements and a complex examination of archive data. This is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance - merely 2 billion years after the Big Bang. This visualization shows Hyperion and is based on real data.
