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Hubble Constant

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1969–2023Date range
3Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1969

Allan Rex Sandage1969

Mount Wilson Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Sandage continues refining the expansion rate, an essential parameter for Big Bang age estimates

2020

Wendy Laurel Freedman2020

Chicago · Science / Astronomy

Refines distance ladder measurements that test the expansion history of the Big Bang universe.

2021

Adam Guy Riess2021

Space Telescope Science Institute · Science / Astronomy

Riess improves local Hubble constant measurements and highlights tension with early universe predictions

2022

Wendy Laurel Freedman2022

Carnegie Observatories · Science / Astronomy

Freedman compares alternative distance indicators to investigate the Hubble constant tension

2023

Adam Guy Riess2023

Space Telescope Science Institute · Science / Astronomy

Riess uses new observations to continue testing the expansion rate of the Big Bang universe

Names involved

Adam Guy RiessAllan Rex SandageWendy Laurel Freedman

Provenance

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