The Cosmology Crisis Just Got Even Worse

We’ve already discussed the crisis in cosmology multiple times on this channel. Recently, that crisis was only made worse thanks to new data from the South Pole Telescope. Their numbers again show that dark energy – which drives the expansion of the universe – weakens over time, which could mean that the universe is destined to collapse one day. I find this very surprising because honestly I thought I would have to tell you that this crisis disappeared, but not so. Let’s take a look.