When the Universe makes no sense, look at a pretty galaxy

What do you do when you find out there's something wrong with the Universe?

In the case of my old friend and colleague Adam Riess, you point Hubble Space Telescope at a gorgeous spiral galaxy.

There may be a wee bit more to say about that, but you know if I use the phrase "gorgeous spiral galaxy" then I'm going to show you, well, a gorgeous spiral galaxy.

The spiral galaxy NGC 3254, seen by Hubble in 2019. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; CC BY 4.0

Oof. Told ya.

That is NGC 3254,...