What is the Hubble Tension?
About this episode
This episode explores the Hubble Tension and its implications in cosmology with insights from expert guests.
There's a crisis in cosmology when it comes to understanding a little thing like the acceleration of our universe, aka The Hubble Tension. And in this episode, Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst are digging into what this is and (trying to) explain the science behind it. A huge thank you to our guests, (Nobel Prize winning-) Professor Adam Riess from John Hopkins University and Professor Silvia Galli from Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. Join The Supermassive Club for ad-free listening, forum access, and extra content from the team. And email your questions to podcast@ras.ac.uk or follow us on Instagram, @SupermassivePod. The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst
Guests: Professor Adam Riess, Professor Silvia Galli
Topics covered
- Hubble Tension
- cosmology
- universe acceleration
- science explanation
- guest insights
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: John Hopkins University, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, The Supermassive Podcast, Boffin Media, Acast, Royal Astronomical Society
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