The universe is growing faster that astronomers thought, it has been revealed.
Data from Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected.
Stunned scientists say the finding may reveal new information about dark matter, new types of particle and could even show Einstein's theory of gravity is incomplete.
'This surprising finding may be an important clue to understanding those mysterious parts of the universe that make up 95 percent of everything and don't emit light, such as dark energy, dark matter and dark radiation,' said study leader and Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns Hopkins University, both in Baltimore, Maryland.
The results will appear in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
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