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JWST confirms there is something wrong with our understanding of the universe

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19 points by raphar 2 years ago · 5 comments

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amriksohata 2 years ago

Our understanding of the universe changes all the time as we gain more information. I find this rationale approach very good, but it can also be really frustrating when debating the origins and composition of the universe with someone who takes theories as "categorical" truths.

  • karmakaze 2 years ago

    This seems to be specifically about our understanding of the expansion of the universe (from the big bang).

    It also throws a wrench into "there is no center, expansion is the same everywhere."

rich_sasha 2 years ago

I know this is about a fundamental physics question, but what jumps out at me is that JWST can resolve individual Cepheids at 130m light years distance !!! What an incredible marvel of engineering.

  • ck2 2 years ago

    I cannot wrap my head around the idea Giant Magellan Telescope will have at least four times the resolution (in some situations up to 20x) as JWST in a few years

    Now they need to build a second JWST and send it to opposite side of solar system for Very Long Baseline Interferometry :-)

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