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		z3t4 on Aug 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Webb Telescope further deepens the Hubble tens... If it's extremely basic stuff and they've spent their entire life working on it, why did the two teams find different results? Thinking of objects moving 10% of light speed, or even two times the speed of light away from you, is not intuitive to a layman, and I can't imagine the Math.

mr_mitm on Aug 14, 2024 [–]

Because the problem lies somewhere else which is not extremely basic. Relativistic effects are not the issue here.

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