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The Joy of Why
How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?
Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophysics and podcast with Adam Riess
The Joy of Why, Hosted by Steven Strogatz
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Adam Riess explains how astronomers measure the universe's expansion and why different methods give conflicting results. He revisits the evidence for accelerated expansion and examines what the Hubble tension might reveal about measurement techniques or missing ingredients in cosmological models.
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