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Life & fun · July 12, 2021

Deriving Hubble's constant from fundamental constants

Deriving Hubble's constant from fundamental constants launched on July 12, 2021 with 62 votes, #1,153 of 3,502 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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This is a computational tool that derives Hubble's constant from fundamental physics constants. Available as a Google Colab notebook, it allows researchers and physicists to explore the mathematical relationships between fundamental constants and cosmological parameters. The work launched in 2021 and is designed for anyone interested in theoretical physics calculations and cosmology.

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