Released: 25 January 2018
Duration: 21 minutes, 51 seconds
A hundred years ago cosmologists were struggling to understand the nature and structure of the universe, and at the heart of this struggle was the island universe hypothesis. Today we find ourselves confronted with a similar question posed at a far greater scale. As we confront these great questions of cosmology, whether a hundred years ago or today, we find ourselves faced with as many philosophical questions as scientific questions when we challenge the boundaries of our understanding. In Part II we focus on cosmological scales of time and what this means for human observation of a very old universe.
Links:Writer and Host: Nick Nielsen
Voiceover and Producer: Paul Carr
Music: Jason Robinson
Burst 26 - The Cosmic Archipelago, Part 1.
Burst 25 - The Elsie Paper
Episode 38 - The Overview Effect
Burst 24- The Summer of Tabby's Star
Episode 37 - Sonar Calling GJ 273B
A short note for listeners - November 2017
Episode 36 - The One Earth Message
Burst 23 - Tabby Boyajian talks about the May 2017 dip
Burst 22 - Tabby's Star is Dimming
Episode 35 - There is Here
Burst 21 - The Absolute, Definitive Truth about Alien Megastructures
S3 Ep. 10 - Human Up
Burst 20 - The Gaia Data Release 1 and the WTF Star
Season 3 Episode 9 - Ben Montet Makes a Star Weirder
Burst 19 - Lost Stars
Season 3 Episode 8 - Nathaniel Comfort and the Biography of DNA
Burst 18 - Nick Nielsen on the Spoor of Civilizations
S3 Episode 7 - Journey Into the World of Alien Hunting
Season 3 Episode 6 - Not a Glimmer of an Idea
Burst 17 - The Where's The Flux Kickstarter
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