<ul><li>The 'Hubble tension' refers to a discrepancy in measurements of the universe's expansion rate between nearby observations and those inferred from the early universe via the cosmic microwave background (CMB).</li><li>A new study using refined distance measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope suggests a local expansion rate of 70.4 km/s/Mpc, resolving the tension with the Planck satellite's measurement of 67.4 km/s/Mpc.</li><li>The updated margins now overlap, indicating the possibility that the tension in the measurements of the universe's expansion rate may have been resolved.</li><li>If confirmed, this would support the standard model of cosmology, signaling that the universe's expansion rate measurements align, without indicating the need for new physics to explain the discrepancies.</li></ul>

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