Hubble strengthens case for Dark Energy
Researchers using new data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have refined our estimates of the rate at which the Universe is expanding to an uncertainty of only 3%. This new figure invalidates the idea that our region of space is situated in a vast unusually empty bubble, or void, which has up till now stood as an alternative to the Dark Energy hypothesis. Albert Einstein recognised that the Universe could not be static, based on physics as he … Continue reading →