After a decade studying thousands of supernovae, astronomers are still perplexed by the enigma that led Einstein to his ‘greatest mistake’.
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Bright, flickering galaxies called quasars were thought to pose a problem for our understanding of the cosmos – but new research shows Einstein was right yet again.
Different measures of the rate of the Universe’s expansion give different results – and a new measurement technique only makes matters more complicated.
Research of a supernova in our galaxy will increase the precision of which we can measure distances outside of our own galaxy…
