Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis

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Measurements of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies find that it is millions of light years closer than the standard model predicts.

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[Fire-Starter James]

Has anyone tried Lorentz contracting the redshift based measurements?

Using V(r) = c × tanh(Hr/c) for Hubble's Law predicts this sort of thing, along with the appearance that the expansion rate is increasing. Besides objects appearing brighter than expected using V(r)=Hr, they should also appear more massive than expected.

 

[Joshua Zev Levin]

It seems to me that there is a very simple explanation -- The laws of physics are slowly changing as the universe ages. This is a continuing process. Perhaps they were changing faster when the universe was young, but they are still slowly changing today. It could be simply that physical constants (including the speed of light and the Hubble "constant") are changing, or there could be changes to the more basic laws of Physics.

Nearly 14 years ago, I published a paper "A Common-Plinth Approach to Relativity and Quantum". The Discussion Page is at http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/943. To download the full Essay, click on "Download Essay PDF File" on that Discussion Page.

I argue that the universe has nine spatial dimensions organized into three aethers of three dimensions apiece. One of those aethers provides the three spatial dimensions we are familiar with. As these three dimensions expand, the other six contract. I also posit that the laws of Physics depend on the ratios of the sizes of the aethers, and, as the universe ages, these ratios change, and thereby the laws of Physics change.