Episodes

  • 38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses (2025 Update)

    38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses (2025 Update)
    Oct 13 2025

    In honor of Nobel prize season, we remember some people whose important work in the past has been overlooked by the Nobel committee.

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    A podcast about the wild, weird, and deeply human side of cosmic storytelling.

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    35 mins
  • 94 - Inside the Hubble Tension With Adam Riess

    94 - Inside the Hubble Tension With Adam Riess
    Sep 29 2025

    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.

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    32 mins
  • 93 - The Moment Dark Energy Appeared (Ft. Adam Riess)

    93 - The Moment Dark Energy Appeared (Ft. Adam Riess)
    Sep 15 2025

    Adam Riess recounts the moments of his Nobel prize-winning discovery that our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, powered by a mysterious energy source called dark energy.

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    41 mins
  • AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN

    AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN
    May 2 2025

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    55 mins
  • AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids

    AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids
    Mar 9 2025
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    30 mins
  • 92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)

    92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)
    Jan 13 2025
    Learn what exciting cosmology results and potential discoveries await us in 2025!For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, 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

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    47 mins
  • 91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way

    91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way
    Dec 23 2024
    A discovery last year reveals our galaxy in a whole new light - except it's not light, it's neutrinos! Learn what this discovery can teach us about the Milky Way and beyond.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, 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

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    32 mins
  • 90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)

    90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
    Nov 4 2024
    Is it possible that dark energy is not a constant, but rather is changing over time? Sean Carroll talks to us about how our understanding of dark energy evolved in recent history, and what is still left unknown.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, 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

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    43 mins