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Can Colliding Stars Snap the Hubble Tension?

Friday, May 16, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Online

Cosmologist Hiranya Peiris joins Brian Greene to discuss pressing cosmological mysteries spanning dark matter, dark energy, the expansion rate of space, and the possibility of a multiverse.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Moderator

Brian GreenePhysicist, Author

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, and is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in his field of superstring theory. His books, The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, have collectively spent 65 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.

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Participant

Hiranya PeirisCosmologist

Hiranya Peiris is the 1909 Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, the first woman to hold this prestigious chair in its 115-year history. She is a leading cosmologist …

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