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The “Crisis in Cosmology” EXPLAINED

In the last few years, astronomers have witnessed a growing problem emerge. As measurement precision has increased, the hope was that this problem would abate, but instead it has only exacerbated. Welcome to "The Crisis in Cosmology". But what exactly is the fuss all about, and how much should be believe the sensationalism? Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas. → Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-store THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, J. Rockett, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, S. Roulier, B. Smith, G. Canterbury, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, J. Alexander, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., M. Donovan, N. Corwin, M. Mangione, K. Howard, L. Deacon, G. Metts, G. Genova, R. Provost, B. Sigurjonsson, G. Fullwood, B. Walford, J. Boyd, N. De Haan, J. Gillmer, R. Williams, E. Garland, A. Leishman & A. Phan Le. ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist ► 00:00 Sid Acharya - Sky Sailing ► 01:01 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four ► 03:25 Hill - Loneliness [https://open.spotify.com/album/6vasPO2FKG0ddtkOiHmqBC?si=qWxcwquXSiaSXAeHFG6OMw] ► 06:35 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Five ► 09:19 Hill - Detached [https://open.spotify.com/album/2RsyjpeBo63MBse1PL2HNr?si=gBFBSqYKQmK-yPJjBE7Udw] ► 12:53 Hill - There Is but One Good [https://open.spotify.com/album/4pmiXcyRpPlFjWjb45pYLx?highlight=spotify:track:1vlxAsmQaHJo1HyvYJF770] ► 19:08 Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was ► 21:49 Joachim Heinrich - Y ► 24:05 Indive - Halo Drive ::Chapters:: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Hubble's Constant 02:24 Using the CMB 04:34 The Local Universe 06:20 Cepheids 08:24 The Distance Ladder 10:38 The Hubble Tension 11:29 New Physics? 12:50 The Trouble with Cepheids 15:50 Red Giant Saviors 20:17 Giant Headaches 21:04 No Crisis? 22:37 Sensationalism 24:05 Outro and credits #CrisisInCosmology #HubbleTension #JWST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the last few years, astronomers have witnessed a growing problem emerge. As measurement precision has increased, the hope was that this problem would abate, but instead it has only exacerbated. Welcome to "The Crisis in Cosmology". But what exactly is the fuss all about, and how much should be believe the sensationalism?

Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas.

→ Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support
→ Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-store

THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, J. Rockett, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, S. Roulier, B. Smith, G. Canterbury, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, J. Alexander, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., M. Donovan, N. Corwin, M. Mangione, K. Howard, L. Deacon, G. Metts, G. Genova, R. Provost, B. Sigurjonsson, G. Fullwood, B. Walford, J. Boyd, N. De Haan, J. Gillmer, R. Williams, E. Garland, A. Leishman & A. Phan Le.

::Music::
Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist
► 00:00 Sid Acharya - Sky Sailing
► 01:01 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four
► 03:25 Hill - Loneliness [https://open.spotify.com/album/6vasPO2FKG0ddtkOiHmqBC?si=qWxcwquXSiaSXAeHFG6OMw]
► 06:35 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Five
► 09:19 Hill - Detached [https://open.spotify.com/album/2RsyjpeBo63MBse1PL2HNr?si=gBFBSqYKQmK-yPJjBE7Udw]
► 12:53 Hill - There Is but One Good [https://open.spotify.com/album/4pmiXcyRpPlFjWjb45pYLx?highlight=spotify:track:1vlxAsmQaHJo1HyvYJF770]
► 19:08 Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was
► 21:49 Joachim Heinrich - Y
► 24:05 Indive - Halo Drive

::Chapters::
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Hubble's Constant
02:24 Using the CMB
04:34 The Local Universe
06:20 Cepheids
08:24 The Distance Ladder
10:38 The Hubble Tension
11:29 New Physics?
12:50 The Trouble with Cepheids
15:50 Red Giant Saviors
20:17 Giant Headaches
21:04 No Crisis?
22:37 Sensationalism
24:05 Outro and credits

#CrisisInCosmology #HubbleTension #JWST

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