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Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.
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Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Nearly 25 years after its discovery, the mystery at the core of dark energy persists. Astronomers are no closer to understanding what’s behind this cosmic repulsive force that counteracts gravity and causes the cosmos to expand at an accelerating rate than when it was first discovered in 1998. Guest Alexei Filippenko is a member of the Nobel Prize-winning team that detected dark energy via supernovae surveys. He gives us the inside scoop on how dark energy was detected; what it means for our existence and the prospects for unmasking this bizarre force of nature that makes up some 70 percent of the observable universe.
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This episode literally enlarges my horizons without playing with words just thinking about the fact that the universe is at the same time constantly in expansion and in acceleration... This amazing discovery of Alexei Filippenko with his team in 1998 cannot help me to bring to my mind how the humans are tiny but also genius. Thank you Bruce , an awesome episode.
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Fascinating, especially the part about the possibility of multiple universes!
Monday Feb 22, 2021
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