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EPISODE · Oct 25, 2026 · 32 MIN

The “Crisis in Cosmology” EXPLAINED

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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-storeTHANK-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 Introduction01:16 Hubble's Constant02:24 Using the CMB04:34 The Local Universe06:20 Cepheids08:24 The Distance Ladder10:38 The Hubble Tension11:29 New Physics?12:50 The Trouble with Cepheids15:50 Red Giant Saviors20:17 Giant Headaches21:04 No Crisis?22:37 Sensationalism24:05 Outro and credits#CrisisInCosmology #HubbleTension #JWST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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