{"id":108059,"date":"2024-09-28T20:28:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108059"},"modified":"2024-09-28T20:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T13:28:51","slug":"james-webb-telescope-has-made-scary-discovery-about-universe-confirming-humanity-got-something-seriously-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108059","title":{"rendered":"James Webb telescope has made scary discovery about universe confirming humanity got something &#8216;seriously wrong&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:contents\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A discovery has been made which has the ability to change everything that we know about the universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">That&#8217;s right, and it&#8217;s all because of The James Webb Space Telescope (<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/technology\">JWST<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">If you don&#8217;t know what it is, the JWST is a more advanced version of the legendary 1990 Hubble telescope, which was  launched into space in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Living up to its expectations, the JWST has made numerous discovers in <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/space\">space<\/a>, which could even point to there being <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\/science\/james-webb-space-telescope-planet-gas-aliens-369679-20240426\">life beyond our small planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">It also went on to find that <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\/science\/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-twin-stars-166815-20240619\">potential planets<\/a> could be forming right before our eyes after discs and dust gathered around two stars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"The James Webb Space Telescope has made a shocking discovery (Getty Stock Image)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt2b40fc2d176a8695\/66f7df587a19f51b5db49430\/GettyImages-1360835072.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt2b40fc2d176a8695\/66f7df587a19f51b5db49430\/GettyImages-1360835072.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt2b40fc2d176a8695\/66f7df587a19f51b5db49430\/GettyImages-1360835072.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The James Webb Space Telescope has made a shocking discovery (Getty Stock Image)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The telescope has captured so many high resolution images of galaxies, as well as stars being formed and even early stage <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\/science\/fastest-growing-black-hole-australia-space-595825-20240220\">black holes<\/a> (which is more scary than it is cool).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But it&#8217;s JWST also made a shocking discovery, which one physicist has called a &#8216;crisis&#8217; in the way we understand the universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Astronomers have used the information from both the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to confirm one of the problems in physics that still baffles them.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the Hubble Tension?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The issue they need help with is that scientists have arrived at different estimates of the rate of the universe&#8217;s expansion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This is called the Hubble Tension, and could potentially upend the world of cosmology for good.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"Have we misunderstood the universe? (Getty Stock Image)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/bltfdeb7ac17d9e7aa4\/66f7df78b4292c7d746da444\/GettyImages-1745098229.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Have we misunderstood the universe? (Getty Stock Image)<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2><strong>How do we know how fast the universe is expanding?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">There are two ways to figure out the Hubble constant &#8211; a value that describes the universe&#8217;s expansion rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The first way is basically through the Big Bang&#8217;s leftovers, which are tiny fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">From 2009 to 2013, astronomers figured out that this figure was roughly 46,200 mph per million light years, or about 67 kilometres per second per megaparsec (km\/s\/sMpc).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The second way is to use pulsating stars, also known as Cepheid variables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Astronomers use the outer layers of dying stars, which flicker like broken street lights in the distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">By measuring its brightness, these Cepheid stars can be chained into a &#8216;cosmic distance ladder&#8217;, which allows us to look further into the past of the universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Using this, an exact number can be pinpointed that reveals the speed of the universe&#8217;s expansion.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Estimates of the universe&#8217;s rate of expansion contradict each other<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">By using the second method, Adam Riess &#8211; <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/education\">professor<\/a> of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University &#8211; and his colleagues estimated that the universe&#8217;s expansion rate is actually about 74 km\/s\/Mpc, a value much higher than the previously thought 67 km\/s\/Mpc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This could make the universe 10 percent younger than we originally thought.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"Scientists have called it a 'crisis' (Getty Stock Image)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a\/blt32cacf3de92d0b86\/66f7e0ac01490473204c0866\/GettyImages-1666954428.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Scientists have called it a &#8216;crisis&#8217; (Getty Stock Image)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The world of cosmology has been catapulted into uncertainty following this discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Nobel Prize winning astronomer David Gross called it a &#8216;crisis&#8217; at a 2019 conference.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What did the James Webb Space Telescope find?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Initially, the discovery was thought to be a measurement error by confusing Cepheid stars with regular stars in the Hubble&#8217;s lens, but the much more accurate JWST disproved these claims, confirming the new discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On 6 February, a study was <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2041-8213\/ad1ddd\">published in<\/a> the Astrophysical Journal Letters, highlighting that our understanding of the universe could be very, very wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Lead study author Riess stated: &#8220;With measurement errors negated, what remains is the real and exciting possibility we have misunderstood the universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Riess observed 1,000 other Cepheid stars in five separate galaxies as far away as 130 million lightyears from Earth, further confirming their findings on the Hubble constant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He explained: &#8220;We&#8217;ve now spanned the whole range of what Hubble observed, and we can rule out a measurement error as the cause of the Hubble Tension with very high confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Combining Webb and Hubble gives us the best of both worlds. 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