Friday, May 16, 2014

Expansion rate of the early universe estimated with most precision to date

Scientists have measured for the first time how fast the universe was expanding 10.8 billion years ago.

by John Tyburski
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Two teams of astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have recently reported the most precise measurement to date of the expansion rate of the early universe. The researchers observed light from 140,000 quasars with a 2... [Pending]

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