Kingston student earns top national science honour with new theory on universe's expansion
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A Kingston student just upended cosmology's biggest open question — and the theory they've proposed could rewrite how we understand the universe's accelerating expansion.
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Theory Briefing
- A Kingston student earned a top national science honour for proposing a new theory that challenges current models of cosmic expansion.
- The prevailing Lambda-CDM model relies on dark energy to explain acceleration — this student's theory suggests that framework may be incomplete.
- Young outsiders reshaping dominant scientific paradigms echoes Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, where breakthroughs often come from fresh perspectives.