Astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to precisely estimate five of the universe’s six key parameters, offering a new way to study the universe’s evolution. This breakthrough could help researchers resolve the ‘Hubble tension’, a long-standing mystery about the universe’s expansion rate.
The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to investigate the Hubble tension, the discrepancy between different methods of measuring the universe’s expansion rate. A team from the University of Chicago, led by cosmologist Wendy Freedman, found a consistent rate of expansion using three different methods, potentially bringing us closer to understanding this cosmic puzzle.
A new study suggests that incorporating quantum effects into the theory of general relativity could resolve the puzzling inconsistencies in measurements of the universe’s expansion rate. This approach could pave the way for experimentally studying quantum gravity and validating inflationary models of cosmology.
