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Episode 48 --- Mapping Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster Of Galaxies
Episode 48 --- Mapping Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster Of Galaxies
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
World-renowned, University of Hawaii cosmologist Brent Tully on 50 years of mapping the nearby universe which includes our own home supercluster ‘Laniakea.’ Tully candidly assesses the state of cosmography, the science of making 3-D maps of the nearby universe and speculates on when astronomers will finally map the cosmos in its entirety.
Released:
May 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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