Zócalo Public Squarecosmologist – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Expansion of the Universe Raises Unnerving Questions https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/03/12/why-is-the-universe-expanding/ideas/interview/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/03/12/why-is-the-universe-expanding/ideas/interview/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2020 07:01:56 +0000 Interview by Lisa Margonelli https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=109995 Jo Dunkley is a leading researcher into the origins and evolution of the universe and professor of physics and astrophysical sciences at Princeton University. In her work, Dunkley uses the Atacama Cosmology Telescope to probe the history of the universe and study the ancient radiation known as Cosmic Microwave Background. She has received numerous awards and honors, including the James Clerk Maxwell Medal, the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, and, most recently, the New Horizons in Physics Prize. In October 2019, following the publication of her book Our Universe: An Astronomer’s Guide, she took part in a wide-ranging conversation with Zócalo editor-in-chief Lisa Margonelli at a salon in Los Angeles, California. They discussed how to conceptualize the vastness of space, the startling legacy of women in astronomy, and the possibility of life outside Earth.

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This transcript has been edited for clarity and length.

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