Episode 673: A New Way to Measure The Expansion of the Universe. The Cosmological Crisis Deepens.

Published: July 8, 2020, 4 p.m.

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This episode is a segment that we did in the Weekly Space Hangout talking about how astronomers are using masers (water lasers) to measure the expansion rate of the Universe.

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You\'d think that another, independent way to measure the expansion rate of the Universe would be helpful, but it\'s only deepened the mystery of the cosmological crisis.

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