DR. DAN HOOPER DISCUSSES THE DISCOVERIES ABOUT HOW OUR COSMOS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 13.8 BILLION YEARS.

The Big Bang, Seconds After — Dr. Dan Hooper

Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Series, Author Interview

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Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m your host Paul Vogelzang, and this is show number 392. Today’s show is brought to you by MintMobile.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science series, we’re speaking today to Dr. Dan Hooper. Dr. Dan Hooper, senior scientist and head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Dr. Hooper is with us today to discuss the discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. Knowing full well that there remains a critical gap in our knowledge: we still know very little about what happened in the first seconds…