web02.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:31:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Universe University - Episodes Tagged with “Hubble” https://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/tags/hubble Wed, 30 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0500 Universe University takes listeners on a cosmic adventure through outer space: from the history of human spaceflight and astronomy to the cutting edge theoretical physics. It is an entertaining and informative exploration of how human beings have sought and found answers to some of our most profound questions about the universe... as well as a look at those questions that are still unanswered. en-us episodic A journey through astronomy and space history to the outer boundaries of the universe. Universe University Production Universe University takes listeners on a cosmic adventure through outer space: from the history of human spaceflight and astronomy to the cutting edge theoretical physics. It is an entertaining and informative exploration of how human beings have sought and found answers to some of our most profound questions about the universe... as well as a look at those questions that are still unanswered. no Space, Astronomy, SETI, History, Space Travel, space race, armstrong, first man, cosmos, spacex, History, education, Mars, Elon Musk, Space Shuttle, black hole Universe University Production show@universeuniversity.space EPISODE 22: THE PRIMEVAL ATOM http://universeuniversity.fireside.fm/46 42a6ebe4-352f-41cc-8569-251bea7e1f11 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0500 Universe University Production full Universe University Production An exploration of how astronomers and physicists developed the big bang theory a century ago. 27:24 no In the 1920s, the work of the brilliant astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed the universe was expanding. But it was a Belgian preist named Georges Lemaitre who concieved of the idea that the universe began in the distant past. Today, we call this idea the big bang theory. SEE CHRIS GRANT SPEAK IN PERSON: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-grant-at-the-chehalis-flying-saucer-party-tickets-1429748649699?aff=ebdsoporgprofile EDITED BY: Jilyana Solis REFERENCES: 'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos' by Dennis Overbye 'Hubble, Humason, and the Big Bang: The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe' by Ron Voller 'The Preist who Proved Einstein Wrong' by Marcelo Gleiser BigThink.com MUSIC: "Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License "Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License "Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License james webb space telescope, JWST, NASA, big bang, hubble In the 1920s, the work of the brilliant astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed the universe was expanding. But it was a Belgian preist named Georges Lemaitre who concieved of the idea that the universe began in the distant past. Today, we call this idea the big bang theory.

SEE CHRIS GRANT SPEAK IN PERSON:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-grant-at-the-chehalis-flying-saucer-party-tickets-1429748649699?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

EDITED BY:

Jilyana Solis

REFERENCES:

'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos' by Dennis Overbye

'Hubble, Humason, and the Big Bang: The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe' by Ron Voller

'The Preist who Proved Einstein Wrong' by Marcelo Gleiser
BigThink.com

MUSIC:

"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

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SEE CHRIS GRANT SPEAK IN PERSON:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-grant-at-the-chehalis-flying-saucer-party-tickets-1429748649699?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

EDITED BY:

Jilyana Solis

REFERENCES:

'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos' by Dennis Overbye

'Hubble, Humason, and the Big Bang: The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe' by Ron Voller

'The Preist who Proved Einstein Wrong' by Marcelo Gleiser
BigThink.com

MUSIC:

"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Heavy Heart" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/License

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