#79 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Did NASA Really Detect a Parallel Universe!?!?

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen in order to solve world hunger... don't be selfish. Episode 79 features particle physicist and cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper. We discuss that time "NASA Detected a Parallel Universe" and whether that story is fact or fiction. We also discuss the biggest problems in astrophysics - from dark matter to dark energy to the beginning of time, how can we solve these? Dan is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Check out Dan's podcast Why This Universe? . Dan's newest book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds is available now wherever books are sold. Buy it on Amazon: . Follow Dan on Twitter at . His previous books Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force and Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy can be found on Amazon at: and , respectively. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at or supporting the show via a one time donation at For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media.

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#79 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Did NASA Really Detect a Parallel Universe!?!? is an episode from The State of The Universe by Brendan Drachler.

This episode is 01:28:24 long.

This episode was published on Aug 27, 2020.

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