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MON, 5 OCT · 80 ITEMS
Science Daily, Live Science · Science & Medicine
Astronomers have long been puzzled by the ''—a persistent disagreement between different ways of measuring the universe's expansion rate (the ). This paper proposes a new clue: tiny magnetic fields generated in the 's aftermath could act like an extra 'fluid' in the early universe, subtly altering cosmic structure formation and potentially making the different measurements agree. In effect, this suggests that the mismatch isn't a mistake but a signpost of unaccounted physics in the early cosmos.
The claim is grounded in a peer-reviewed paper (primary source) as reported by Science Daily and Live Science. The reporting sits close to the paper itself—Science Daily's article quotes the lead author and describes specific modeling work. The knowledge that early-universe magnetic fields can mimic an extra
The underlying material dates from 2025 (Recirculation year), but the wave of news articles reporting it appears in October 2026, so this is a resurfacing of older work now getting broader coverage.