StarTalk Radio · 2025-09-23 · 50 min · 8,562 words

Solving the Crisis in Cosmology with Wendy Freedman

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So Matt, we do every now and then have to check in on the universe. We do. How's it doing, Neil? You know, it has issues. You know, there's a crisis, a family crisis with the galaxy.

Maybe when crises happen. Can we resolve it? Is there any way to resolve it? Maybe. I think we did, actually, coming up on Star Talk.

Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins right now. This is Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. Today I've got as my co-host, Matt Kirshin. Matt, welcome back.

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