Episode Title

Is the Universe Left or Right-Handed?

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

chirality; Saturn's rings

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

Lefty astroquark Jim Cooney leads us on an exploration of what it means for the universe to have chirality. In other words, is there a break in parity in the way galaxies are distributed, or would the universe look the same if we saw its mirror image? The answer and its possible explanation are fascinating. And Josh gets to once again talk about one of his favorite topics, Saturn’s rings, and new results on their age.

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Date Created

5-31-2023

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua, "Is the Universe Left or Right-Handed?" (2023). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 243.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/243