Is there REALLY a crisis in cosmology? Perspectives from an astrophysicist

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How did Einstein develop General Relativity? What does it mean for space to be curved anyway? And just how do these gravitational waves work, anyhow? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.

00:00 Measuring the Age of the Universe
04:05 The Cosmic Microwave Background
06:55 Supernovae
08:59 The “Crisis” in Cosmology
12:52 Potential Solutions

Video credits: NASA, ESA, Planck, WMAP, Illustris

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