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41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman)

Why This Universe?

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Is This a New Physicist's Measurement?

Two ways of measuring the hubble rate to day give different results. This is a statistically significant disagreement, depending on how you measure it. It could be pointing toward exotic new physics or new forms of energy that were present in our universe during its first few hundred thousand years. Weare anxiously awaiting results from a satellite called gaya. Its a european satellite that is measuring direct parallaxes to cephids in our milky way galaxy and also other kinds of stars like red giants.

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