Episode Title

Is That Inflation Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
James Cooney, University of Central FloridaFollow

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

inflation, Great American Eclipse

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

You may think of inflation as prices creeping higher, but to a cosmologist it's been an important idea to explain why the universe is so uniform on very large scales in every direction we look. But does inflation pass muster as a testable scientific theory? The astroquarks review what inflation is all about as there is renewed discussion in the scientific community about the theory and its predictions. Plus, nerd news and the Great American Eclipse.

Episode Sponsor

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Date Created

5-26-2017

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

42:00

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Is That Inflation Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?" (2017). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 16.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/16