September 15, 2021
#2516: Hubble Tension explain
[Cueball and Ponytail are walking to the right. Ponytail has her palm raised.]
Ponytail: There are three main estimates of the universe’s expansion rate and they all disagree.
[They keeping walking to the right.]
Ponytail: Measurements of star distances suggest the universe is expanding at 73 km/s/megaparsec.
[They are still walking to the right.]
Ponytail: Measurements of the cosmic microwave background suggest it’s expanding at 68 km/s/megaparsec.
[They continue walking to the right. Ponytail points towards Dave who replies from off-panel to the right.]
Ponytail: And Dave, who has a radar gun, says it’s expanding at 85 mph in all directions.
Dave (off-panel): Those galaxies are really booking it!
Ponytail: Thanks, Dave.