Recent measurements of the expansion rate of the universe reveal that the expansion rate of the universe is doing something astronomers did not expect. What is that?

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Alexzander Irwin

Physics

31 December, 18:24

Recent measurements of the expansion rate of the universe reveal that the expansion rate of the universe is doing something astronomers did not expect. What is that?

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Nathanael Wong · Answer 1

Expansion is taking place.

Explanation:

The measurements show that the expansion is accelerating, rather than slowing under the influence of gravity. Observation has shown that the velocity at which a distant galaxy is receding from the observer is continuously increasing with time.