Dhaka, April 16 -- An international team of astronomers has produced a precise measurement of the universe's current expansion rate, strengthening evidence around one of modern cosmology's major unresolved questions.

Led by the H0 Distance Network (H0DN) Collaboration, the study combines different independent measurement techniques into a single framework to report a current expansion rate of 73.50 kilometres per second per megaparsec, with an uncertainty of ±0.81, according to a statement by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

Associate Professor of Physical Sciences Syed Ashraf Uddin, also a member of the core group of the Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) at IUB, contributed to the study as part ...