James Webb Telescope Unveils New Mysteries in Universe's Expansion

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New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirms previous Hubble Space Telescope findings, suggesting a discrepancy in the measured rate of cosmic expansion, known as the "Hubble tension." This discrepancy indicates that our understanding of the universe's expansion, potentially driven by dark energy, may be incomplete. The JWST's observations align with Hubble's, ruling out measurement errors and pointing to the need for new elements in cosmological models to explain the faster-than-expected expansion of the universe.
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