TL;DR

Astronomy’s golden age might be hitting a snag: fresh data from space telescopes is exposing cracks in our standard model of the universe. Weird anomalies—like the true timeline of galaxy birth, the exact speed of cosmic expansion, and the odd behavior of gigantic voids—just don’t line up with our best theories anymore.

Rather than a disaster, though, this “cosmic crisis” could be the spark for the next big revolution in physics. We might be on the brink of rewriting how we understand the cosmos—and that’s pretty exciting.

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