Hubblecast 120 Light: Continued Discrepancy in the Universe's Expansion Rate

Measurements of today's expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on how the Universe appeared shortly after the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. Using new data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have significantly lowered the possibility that this discrepancy is a fluke.

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Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartman
Editing: Nico Bartmann
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Written by: Laura Hiscott 
Music: Tonelabs - Orion Fog 
Footage and photos: ESA/Hubble, ESO, NASA., L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, E. Slawik, ALMA (NAOJ.NRAO), T. Kitayama
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