94 - Inside the Hubble Tension (Ft. Adam Riess)

About this episode

The episode discusses the conflicting measurements of the universe's expansion rate with insights from Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess.

Our universe is expanding. But when physicists measure how fast this expansion rate is, they get two different answers. Hear what this crisis means from Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess. For ask-us-anything segments and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe Support the show

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

Guest: Adam Riess

Topics covered

• Hubble Tension
• universe expansion
• cosmology
• Nobel Prize
• physics

Keywords

• Hubble Tension
• universe expansion
• Adam Riess
• cosmology
• physics
• Nobel Prize

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