To explain a little better, as best I can remember it anyway since it was a couple years ago.
The Webb telescope is sensitive enough to view distant galaxies that weren't observable by previous instruments. Simple enough to grasp.
The tricky part is, it observed galaxies that not only break the existing redshift model but also the concept itself. We're talking a galaxy with a supposed known redshift factor, but of an order of magnitude larger than it should be, with dozens and dozens of times too many stars for it to match.
And it wasn't the only one just the most egregious. So it's not just that the redshift constant was broken, it's that it's no longer a thing at all.
I've not seen or come across any explanation for this besides vague muttering about fluctuations in spacetime that amount to just saying "magic."
oh yes I saw some reports of "exceedingly high" redshift values. The current press explanation seems to be "the universe isn't just expanding, it's accelerating at a rate higher than previously thought!". Followed by mutterings about dark matter. Astronomy seems to be in a bad state right now, I wonder what the real explanation is.
the gravitational attraction towards the universal center of mass would gradually slow the expansion, but we haven't seen uch a thing.
To explain a little better, as best I can remember it anyway since it was a couple years ago.
The Webb telescope is sensitive enough to view distant galaxies that weren't observable by previous instruments. Simple enough to grasp.
The tricky part is, it observed galaxies that not only break the existing redshift model but also the concept itself. We're talking a galaxy with a supposed known redshift factor, but of an order of magnitude larger than it should be, with dozens and dozens of times too many stars for it to match.
And it wasn't the only one just the most egregious. So it's not just that the redshift constant was broken, it's that it's no longer a thing at all.
I've not seen or come across any explanation for this besides vague muttering about fluctuations in spacetime that amount to just saying "magic."
oh yes I saw some reports of "exceedingly high" redshift values. The current press explanation seems to be "the universe isn't just expanding, it's accelerating at a rate higher than previously thought!". Followed by mutterings about dark matter. Astronomy seems to be in a bad state right now, I wonder what the real explanation is.