Daily Archives: January 20, 2018

Faster than Expected

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Katie

The universe is expanding faster than was originally expected. Just recently, NASA has adjusted the Hubble constant to 45.5 miles per second per megaparsec. This translates into a doubling of the size of the universe in 9.8 billion ears. AHHHH crazy! This adjustments is to correct for the increase in speed that the universe is actually … Continue reading Faster than Expected Continue reading →

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Andromeda and the Size of the Universe

Posted on January 20, 2018 by yadavdhruv

  In 2015, Hubble was able to take the most detailed image of Andromeda ever taken. The image had a pixel density of 69.536×22,230 pixels. The picture was taken using 7398 exposures. Images like this really put into light how vast the universe is. In the video, they focus in on a shot of the … Continue reading Andromeda and the Size of the Universe → Continue reading →

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