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Can we look into the past? Does the universe have an edge? What's so great about a total solar eclipse? Have we been visited by aliens? Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko joins Editor-in-Chief Pat Joseph live onstage to discuss eclipse chasing, dark energy, and the abiding mysteries of the universe. Further reading: Watch the full live conversation with Alex Filppenko on YouTubeBuy your tickets for “Enthralled: What Explains Our Unshakeable Fascination with Cults?” with Poulomi Saha on March 27 This episode was produced by Coby McDonald. Special thanks to Alex Filippenko, Pat Joseph, and Nat Alcantara. Art by Michiko Toki and original music by Mogli Maureal. Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.Support the show

We live in a universe filled with awe and wonderment so much so that scientists of all disciplines have been exploring the world around us for hundreds of years. Although we have made great advances there is still an immeasurable gap in what there is left to discover. Alex Filippenko joins we today to share his vast knowledge as an astrophysicist that has been exploring fundamental physics, black holes, galaxies and more for over 40 years. He breaks down quantum entanglement and the expanding universe and a way that is digestible for nearly everyone. [Original air date: 5-27-21]. SHOW NOTES: Star-stuff | Alex shares what people should understand about coming from “star-stuff” [3:07] Contribution & Purpose | Alex on meaning and contributing to understanding the universe [5:54] Theory | What a good model of theory is and why an ultimate theory may never exist [12:46] Spinoza's God | Alex speculates what Einstein meant by God in relation to theory [15:31] Expanding Universe | Alex demonstrates what it is to simplify the 4th dimension visually [18:57] Gravity | Why gravity is the weakest of all forces & how it may explain multiple universes [27:46] Black Holes | Speculation of being ripped apart on squeezed singularity and possibilities [31:53] Negative Mass | Making sense of mathematical solutions that appear to be unphysical [42:29] Open Minded | Alex shares why staying open minded is essential and avoiding the trap [50:35] Spooky Action | Alex breaks down quantum entanglement that Einstein called spook action at a distance [55:35] Richard Feynman | Alex shares Feynman intuitive view of nature & theory [1:01:04] Always Learning | Alex on educational opportunity and learning as much as possible [1:05:16] Quantum Entanglement | Information traveling faster than the speed of light [1:08:28] Novel Insights | Tom & Alex discuss areas of overlap that creates novel insights [1:16:56] Quality of Life | Alex on quality of time and what you do with your time not stagnate [1:23:18] SPONSORS: Explore the Range Rover Sport at https://landroverusa.com Use this link and Hartford Gold will give you up to $15,000 dollars of FREE silver on your first qualifying: order.offers.americanhartfordgold.com/content-affiliate/?&leadsource=affiliate&utm_sfcampaign=701Rb000009EnmrIAC For comprehensive financial news and analysis, visit the incredible brand that so many great investors use, https://yahoofinance.com.   Visit https://BetterHelp.com/ImpactTheory today to get 10% off your first month. Go to https://shopify.com/impact now to grow your business–no matter what stage you're in Get $1,000 off Vanta when you go to https://vanta.com/THEORY Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://drinkag1.com/impact. Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to https://aura.com/IMPACT to start your free two-week trial. Take control of your gut health by going to https://tryviome.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 20% off your first 3 months and free shipping. ***Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact?*** If you're ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you.  *New episodes delivered ad-free, EXCLUSIVE access to hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, Tom AMAs, and so much more!* This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an exploration of the greatest discoveries in cosmology, the great scientists and astronomers behind them, and the still unresolved mysteries of the Universe at the most extreme scales of time, gravity, and distance across the deepest space.  This is part of a larger script I wrote for the James Webb Space Telescope: The Big Bang, Dark Matter, the Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmic Web Filaments, the End of Greatness, Inflation, Dark Energy, and there's still so many questions about the nature of our Universe. Tonight we learn what the current lambda cold dark matter big bang model of the universe says happened from the first few seconds to the first few million years after the universe was thought have come into existence. We learn what older cosmological theories evolved into and how our conception of light, matter and energy has changed over that last few centuries as our understanding of them has deepened. We learn what the biggest mysteries of physics and cosmology still are and about the huge gaps in our understanding of the cosmic dark ages, the dark matter halos around nearly all galaxies, and how the still-mysterious phenomena of the big bang, inflation, and dark energy is propelling galaxies apart. Thanks so much for watching. Let me know what you thought. -Rich Credits: NASA ESA: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images ESO: David Butler (youtube channel I highly recommend for astronomy content): Alex Filippenko and Lex Fridman: https://youtu.be/thnlEkcXr5w 

Was there ever life on Mars? Where can your passion for astronomy and cosplaying take you? And what the heck is a Light Sail? To get the answer to these and other questions, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Sarah Al-Ahmed, host of The Planetary Society's podcast, Planetary Radio. As always, though, we start off with the day's joyfully cool cosmic thing: a new ice-filled hole on Mars! Thanks to data from the Mars Insight Lander and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, we know now that the disturbance that occurred on Mars on Christmas Eve of 2021 wasn't a marsquake at all, but a meteor strike on the Red Planet. And the ice didn't originate on the surface, but was kicked up by the impact. And now that we've arrived at Mars, we might as well dive in. Sarah talks about the value of staged investigations of Mars, and why we shouldn't send humans to Mars just yet. (Can you say contamination?) The conversation quickly turns to whether humans should colonize Mars, or explore it, at least at first. For our initial student question, Anthony asks Sarah, “What date would you expect Mars to be habitable?” which we take to mean either, when was it habitable, if at all, and also, when will it be habitable? Sarah talks about the samples and science we've done with Curiosity, Perseverance and other missions to Mars, which point to Mars having been habitable 2-3 billion years ago, before some catastrophic change caused it to lose its atmosphere. As to the future? Sarah optimistically predicts we could have humans living in small-scale habitats within a hundred years, but it's unlikely that we could ever make the whole planet habitable again. Moving on, Chuck asks Sarah about her career. She talks about getting her degree in astrophysics at UC Berkeley, operating a telescope at Lick Observatory, and working with – and learning from – Alex Filippenko, noted astronomer and one of the leading scientists involved in figuring out the amount of dark energy in the universe. She followed her passion to the Griffith Observatory, where she spent 6 years sharing her love of astronomy with people of all ages from all over the world at the world's most-looked-through telescope. Thanks to its location in Los Angeles, the Observatory is also one of the most frequently depicted in TV, and Chuck and Sarah swap stories about its appearance in Wonder Woman (the Linda Carter series) and Star Trek Voyager. Sarah also shares another aspect of her geekdom: she's a gamer and a cosplayer! She shows off the Razor Kitty Kraken 2 headphones and Carina Nebula JWST-image dress she's wearing (sorry podcast listeners – they're really cool!) and talks about how she “recharges her happiness batteries” by going to cons and cosplaying. Convention name dropping and Doctor Who citing ensues – and of course Chuck talks about The LIUniverse's deep ties to New York Comic Con. Check out our two live Science of Sci-Fi panels from 2021 and 2022. Next, it's time for our second student question, from a different Anthony: “How does astronomy impact you as a person or the way you look at life?” Sarah's answer is so powerful and empowering, we wouldn't dream of spoiling it here – watch or listen for yourself! (Chuck's response is pretty cool, too.) Finally, Sarah talks about her gig at The Planetary Society, where she now hosts their Planetary Radio podcast, and all of the cool projects that are coming to fruition. You'll learn about their new Member Community Digital App and the new Planetary Academy membership program for kids 9 and younger. Chuck and Sarah discuss the importance of The Planetary Society and its legacy. (For those of you who don't know, Carl Sagan was one of its co-founders, and their current CEO is Bill Nye the Science Guy.) And you'll find out about the Society's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission, a solar sail cubesat that was launched on the recent Artemis 1 mission and is designed for asteroid detection and planetary defense. Sarah also gives us an update on the Society's Light Sail 1 and Light Sail 2, the first fully crowdfunded space mission in history. If you'd like to know more about Sarah and The Planetary Society, visit planetary.org. You can find Planetary Radio wherever you get your podcasts, or on Twitter @planrad, where Sarah will be tweeting. We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for Images Used in this Episode: – New ice-filled crater on Mars – NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona, Public Domain – Artist's impression of Mars 4 billion years ago – ESO/M. Kornmesser/N. Risinger, CC BY 4.0 – Lick Observatory in Santa Clara County, California – Thomson200, Public Domain – Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California – Plane777, Public Domain – Concept art for the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission – NASA, Public Domain – LightSail 2's view from orbit – The Planetary Society, CC BY-SA 3.0

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: Webb, Apollo 8 and Hubble 30:00 Webb: The Man and the Telescope 52:15 Webb's Historical Context and Predecessors 1:32:50 The Long Road of Developing Webb 2:06:19 The Inventions Powering Webb 3:00:29 Results Pt 1: First Images (misnumbered in video) 3:56:57 Results Pt 2: Cosmic Dawn: The earliest stars and galaxies 4:21:49 Results Pt 3: Stellar Evolution 4:53:26 Results Pt 4: Exoplanets and searching for Alien Life 5:31:00 DART Impact Footage 5:35:04 Future Telescopes after Webb   The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, is an $11 billion origins machine. It was engineered to discover the first stars that sparked the cosmic dawn and exoplanets that may harbor alien life. Let's find out what this machine is capable of. Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoy this one guys. -Rich    Credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope NASA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums ESA: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images ESO: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/cosmology/ https://webbtelescope.org Interactive Sky: https://web.wwtassets.org/specials/2022/jwst-release/ https://www.webbcompare.com/ https://esawebb.org/videos/archive/category/transitions/ Webb's Development: 1981 Deacdal Survey: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/download/549 https://jwst-ngst.ucolick.org/assets/docs/NGST_The_Early_Days_of_JWST_STScI_Newsletter-Link.pdf https://archive.org/details/nextgenerationsp00bely/page/n1 1991 Decadal Survey: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1634/the-decade-of-discovery-in-astronomy-and-astrophysics] HST & Beyond: https://www.stsci.edu/files/live/sites/www/files/home/hst/documentation/_documents/HSTandBeyond.pdf 2001 Decadal Survey: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9839/astronomy-and-astrophysics-in-the-new-millennium https://www.nature.com/articles/440140a https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/mikulski-to-jwst-workforce-i-saved-you-from-the-tea-party/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/threat-of-james-webb-space-telescope-cancellation-rattles-astronomy-community/ https://www.news9live.com/science/looking-back-in-time-development-and-delays-of-the-james-webb-space-telescope-142428 Mirrors: Mirror Production: https://youtu.be/Y_U_MrWcCnE Comprehensive video on mirrors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1J3208E8jU Full Mirror OTE in facility: https://youtu.be/PhGfgREoBj4 Light path: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Z2GbFJWmo General OTE animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwkeoA-0SFA Deployment sequence: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/how-big-is-webb https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/59726/why-didnt-jwst-include-any-sensors-capable-of-blue-and-green-visible-wavelength https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/26/james_webb_and_halleys_comet/ Cosmology with Webb: "Cosmological Distance Calculator" (SV Pilipenko): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.5961.pdf David Butler (youtube channel I highly recommend for astronomy content): https://www.youtube.com/@howfarawayisit https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-matters-so-much-20211203/ (By Natalie Wolchover) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwsts-first-glimpses-of-early-galaxies-could-break-cosmology/ (By Jonathan O'Callaghan) https://cns.utexas.edu/news/widest-view-of-early-universe-hints-at-galaxy-among-the-earliest-ever-detected Alex Filippenko and Lex Fridman: https://youtu.be/thnlEkcXr5w Stars and Exoplanets with Webb: https://www.quantamagazine.org/webb-space-telescope-snaps-its-first-photo-of-an-exoplanet-20220901/ https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-trappist-planets DART impact: https://youtu.be/yaRTBfcHvgo Webb Scientific Papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01611 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac90ca: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv221105792F/abstract https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv221103896F/abstract https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aca163#ajaca163f2 El Gordo: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.06514.pdf) Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise Elon Musk "FULL SEND" Interview: https://youtu.be/fXS_gkWAIs0 #space #documentary #sciencefacts #science #letsfindout #ASMR #jwst #astronomy ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► If you'd like to show support for the channel: ▸ Patreon (monthly donations): https://www.patreon.com/LetsFindOutASMR ▸ PayPal (one-time donation): https://www.paypal.me/LetsFindOutASMR or letsfindoutASMR@gmail.com ▸ Amazon link helps the channel: https://amzn.to/2LnNXd6 ▸ My Amazon Wishlist: http://a.co/9vUJ8eF ► Say Hello: ▸

Dr. Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley)Mar. 8, 2023We have a new supersensitive eye in the cosmic sky. Parked nearly one million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more sensitive than the Hubble Space Telescope. JWST observes at the red to the mid-infrared parts of the spectrum, offering new insights into a vast array of objects and processes -- including solar system formation, star birth and death, galaxy evolution, and, perhaps, the origins of life. Dr. Filippenko is a member of several teams of astronomers who are and will be observing using JWST.  Showing some of the best new images, he gives us the inside scoop on what astronomers expect the telescope to do and what they have already learned from the first months of the telescope's operation.  Dr. Filippenko was voted the University of California, Berkeley's "best professor" nine times! He has produced five astronomy video courses with The Great Courses, co-authored an award-winning astronomy textbook, and appeared in about 100 TV documentaries.

Test your knowledge of Jamaican culture with this episode of the Lexman Artificial Podcast. Alex Filippenko, a Brazilian-American astrophysicist, tells the story of his first trip to the island nation and his encounter with the famed ackee tree.

Alex Filippenko is a physicist who has made significant contributions to the understanding of the universe beyond our own. In this episode, Lexman chats with Alex about the scientific challenges and excitement of discovering new particles and phenomena. Enjoy!

Lexman Artificial interviews Alex Filippenko, a renowned viniculturist and heliograph enthusiast. Topics include flair, strafe, and percoid.

Alex Filippenko is a cosmologist who studies the growing field of cosmology known as “trapping”. In this episode, Lexman Artificial interviews Alex about his unique work on minos particles and how trapping has led to new insights about the earliest moments of the universe.

When Rob visits Alex, they discuss the difficulties of transitioning to a new city. Alex shares some of the challenges she's faced with finding an appropriate counselor, and Rob shares some insights about messuages and their importance in early medieval society.

Lexman continues his conversation with Alex Filippenko about the cattleyas. Alex shares his experience observing a wabbler in the wild, and the complexities of the cattleya dance.

Alex Filippenko joins Lexman to talk about the history and meaning of anatto, a rare henna pigment. They debate the artist Frank Stella, the futility of poetry, and whether or not anything truly has meaning. In the end, they both come to the realization that there is no meaning, only anatto.

Check out our Sponsors Butcher Box: Get ready for BBQ season with FREE grass-fed beef and free-range organic chicken. Sign up today at butcherbox.com/impact and get 2 NY strip steaks, 6 burgers, and 5 lbs of drumsticks for FREE in your first box. Taft: Visit taftclothing.com and use code IT10 for 10% off your order of any full priced boot, shoe, or sneaker purchase. ShipStation: Get 2 months FREE at ShipStation.com Click on the microphone at the top of the page and type in IMPACT Checkout.com: Learn more at Checkout.com/impact We live in a universe filled with awe and wonderment so much so that scientists of all disciplines have been exploring the world around us for hundreds of years. Although we have made great advances there is still an immeasurable gap in what there is left to discover. Alex Filippenko joins we today to share his vast knowledge as an astrophysicist that has been exploring fundamental physics, black holes, galaxies and more for over 40 years. He breaks down quantum entanglement and the expanding universe and a way that is digestible for nearly everyone.   SHOW NOTES: Star-stuff | Alex shares what people should understand about coming from “star-stuff” [3:07] Contribution & Purpose  | Alex on meaning and contributing to understanding the universe [5:54] Theory | What a good model of theory is and why an ultimate theory may never exist [12:46] Spinoza’s God | Alex speculates what Einstein meant by God in relation to theory [15:31] Expanding Universe | Alex demonstrates what it is to simplify the 4th dimension visually [18:57] Gravity | Why gravity is the weakest of all forces & how it may explain multiple universes [27:46] Black Holes | Speculation of being ripped apart on squeezed singularity and possibilities [31:53] Negative Mass | Making sense of mathematical solutions that appear to be unphysical [42:29] Open Minded | Alex shares why staying open minded is essential and avoiding the trap [50:35] Spooky Action | Alex breaks down quantum entanglement that Einstein called spook action at a distance [55:35] Richard Fineman | Alex shares Fineman’s intuitive view of nature & theory [1:01:04] Always Learning | Alex on educational opportunity and learning as much as possible [1:05:16] Quantum Entanglement | Information traveling faster than the speed of light [1:08:28] Novel Insights | Tom & Alex discuss areas of overlap that creates novel insights [1:16:56] Quality of Life | Alex on quality of time and what you do with your time not stagnate [1:23:18] Into The Future | Alex on the future of humanity, space exploration, life on Mars [1:26:12] Life On Mars | Considering life on Mars and human nature for exploration [1:30:22] Inhabiting Other Planets | Alex on how we could use robots to get humans farther out [1:38:33] Immortality | The possibility of immortality recreating consciousness with computers [1:45:29] Solar Eclipse | Alex warns of the next total solar eclipse coming April 8, 2024 [1:50:39] Aliens |  [1:54:47]   QUOTES: “In a sense, we are the way in which the universe has found to know itself.” [5:30]   “Work hard at maintaining an open mind so you don't get fossilized, so you don't get set in your ways.” [51:59] “If you ever feel comfortable with quantum physics, it probably means you haven't thought about it sufficiently” [1:00:21] “But one of the great things about homosapiens is that we embrace technical challenges. We go for it, we climb the mountain because it's there, first because it's interesting, but secondly, because it ends up having unanticipated spin offs.” [1:14:26]   “to have novel insights, I've just got to take in data that I can't yet predict how it's going to be useful.” Tom Bilyeu [1:17:33] “as physicists, as scientists, initially, we come across these new ideas, quantum entanglement, and you have to just struggle with them and work hard on them and approach them from different perspectives. It's not going to be easy, but good things are hard to do and hard things are good to do.” [1:19:26] “it's the quality of the time that you live. That's actually more important than the duration” [1:23:29]   “You can't just say there are a lot of stars out there, and surely they're teaming with life. There are a lot of factors that lead to life, and then intelligence and mechanical ability at our level. And I think they're fairly rare. I don't think we're unique, but I think they're pretty rare.” [1:56:11]   Follow Alex Filippenko: Website: https://astro.berkeley.edu/people/alex-filippenko/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-filippenko-a35520a1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.filippenko Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filippenkoalex/   Guest Bio: Alex Filippenko is a Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, and a Miller Senior Fellow in the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science (UC Berkeley). His accomplishments, documented in about 960 research papers, have been recognized by several major prizes, including a share of both the Gruber Cosmology Prize (2007) [...] In 2017, he was selected for the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award. He has won the most prestigious teaching awards at UC Berkeley and has also been voted the “Best Professor” on campus a record 9 times… SOURCE: https://astro.berkeley.edu/people/alex-filippenko/      

Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off annual sub – Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Alex’s Website: https://astro.berkeley.edu/people/alex-filippenko/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast –

Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast (LS 74 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: #137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding UniversePub date: 2020-11-08Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off annual sub – Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Alex's Website: https://astro.berkeley.edu/people/alex-filippenko/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast –The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lex Fridman, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Despite all the media attention given to black holes, dark matter and dark energy, astronomy is actually all about the light—the decillions of photons careening around the universe. Join us virtually for a conversation with Alex Filippenko, a Berkeley astrophysicist who works on deciphering, from all that photonic information live-streaming to Earth, what is really going on out there. Filippenko will also share some of the spectacular images from deep space that our technology has been able to construct from the clues left behind by billions of those wandering photons. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES MLF: Humanities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Alex Filippenko Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, Miller Senior Fellow in the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, and Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Author, The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed from The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on May 13th, 2020.

How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our planet and our universe may ultimately be. We start in 2019 and travel exponentially through time, witnessing the future of Earth, the death of the sun, the end of all stars, proton decay, zombie galaxies, possible future civilizations, exploding black holes, the effects of dark energy, alternate universes, the final fate of the cosmos - to name a few. This is a picture of the future as painted by modern science - a picture that will surely evolve over time as we dig for more clues to how our story will unfold. Much of the science is very recent - and new puzzle pieces are still waiting to be found. To me, this overhead view of time gives a profound perspective - that we are living inside the hot flash of the Big Bang, the perfect moment to soak in the sights and sounds of a universe in its glory days, before it all fades away. Although the end will eventually come, we have a practical infinity of time to play with if we play our cards right. The future may look bleak, but we have enormous potential as a species. Featuring the voices of David Attenborough, Craig Childs, Brian Cox, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michelle Thaller, Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku, Mike Rowe, Phil Plait, Janna Levin, Stephen Hawking, Sean Carroll, Alex Filippenko, and Martin Rees.

Observations of very distant exploding stars show that the expansion of the Universe is now speeding up, rather than slowing down due to gravity as expected. Over the largest distances, our Universe seems to be dominated by a repulsive "dark energy" of unknown origin that stretches the very fabric of space itself faster and faster with time. Alex Filippenko (NAS), University of California, Berkeley, was a member of both teams that discovered in 1998 the accelerating expansion of the Universe, driven by "dark energy."

Jay Pasachoff visits Planetary Society headquarters for a conversation about the latest edition of his and Alex Filippenko’s monumental textbook The Cosmos.  But that’s just the start of a discussion that explores solar astronomy, art and science, the history of astronomy and Jay’s nearly 60-year history of total solar eclipse observations.  The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 may look like LightSail 1, but Jason Davis tells us there are important differences between these spacecraft, beginning with their missions. What’s Up brings another opportunity to win Alan Stern’s great book, Chasing New Horizons in the space trivia contest.  You can learn more about all of this week’s topics at:  http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0529-2019-jay-pasachoff.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host James Strock discusses black holes and the future of space exploration with noted astronomer and educator Alex Filippenko. Dr. Filippenko is the Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, and a Miller Senior Fellow in the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science (UC Berkeley). His accomplishments, documented in about 930 […]

Part Two of our conversation with astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko, chair of UC-Berkeley’s astronomy department. He and Dan talk about the discovery of gravitational waves (yay, Einstein!) and the practical uses of quantum physics. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to introduce our youth…

Astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko, chair of UC-Berkeley’s astronomy department, joins Dan for the first part of a two-part conversation. In part one, he talks about the nature of dark energy and how the universe may end in a few billion years. STEAM-Cast is a production of the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, a 501-c-3 nonprofit educational organization…

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Astronomers Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko join us for a conversation about their newest version of their monumental textbook, "The Cosmos." Emily Lakdawalla helps us say good morning to the just-awakened Rosetta spacecraft, while Bill Nye is fascinated and puzzled by what looks like a jelly doughnut on the Martian surface.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since their discovery in the late sixties. But now a new, nimble NASA telescope is using its powerful x-ray vision to hunt for these abundant yet invisible, massive space oddities.