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Mind the Gap: Will Tiny Discrepancies Derail Cosmology?

Friday, February 21, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Online

Renowned astrophysicist and educator Alex Filippenko joins Brian Greene to discuss an increasingly disturbing cosmological mismatch known as the Hubble Tension, a gap that may require a radical rewriting of the history of the universe.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Moderator

Brian GreenePhysicist, Author

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, and is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in his field of superstring theory. His books, The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, have collectively spent 65 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.

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Participant

Alex FilippenkoAstrophysicist

Alex Filippenko is a Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at University of California, Berkeley. There, he has made significant contributions to the study of supernovae, …

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