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The NEW Crisis in Cosmology

PBS Space Time · 2 min read

Cosmology’s “Hubble tension” has sharpened rather than softened: two high-precision ways of measuring the universe’s expansion rate still disagree,...

Hubble TensionCosmic Distance LadderGaia Parallax

Terence Tao continuing history’s cleverest cosmological measurements

3Blue1Brown · 3 min read

Distance in astronomy isn’t measured directly so much as assembled—step by step—into a “cosmic distance ladder.” The central insight is that once one...

ParallaxTransit of VenusAstronomical Unit

How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium—and scientists figured that out by reading the “missing” colors in starlight, not the light itself. When...

Stellar SpectraAbsorption LinesQuantum Ionization