SpaceWhy it's taking a century to pin down the speed of the universe The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the universe is expanding, was first described more than a hundred years ago – but astronomers have debated it ever since 51¶¯Âþ
PhysicsA cosmic shape could explain the fundamental nature of the universe Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the universe – and potentially do away with the idea of space-time as the underlying fabric of the universe 51¶¯Âþ