Dan Scolnic
@DScol
I'm a dad; I’m a professor doing cosmology at Duke U. and I have some opinions about basketball.
incredibly excited for my @SpaceHumanity friends for the launch of the bipartisan Advancing Humanity in Space Congressional Caucus! Also, Antonio Peronace is an amazing guy doing amazing things expanding access to space for all humanity. Check them out at: spaceforhumanity.org
🚀 Big news from Capitol Hill! Today marks a historic leap: the launch of the Advancing Humanity in Space Congressional Caucus (AHSCC) — the first bipartisan group solely dedicated to shaping the future of human space exploration. Led by visionaries across the aisle, this…
Had a great time at CosmoVerse in Istanbul. This is me on a panel with a couple random call-ins 😀
Amazing new CMB results, congrats SPT!
The new results from the Soth Pole Telescope are now out: check out our webinar here!!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJ5sf…
It begins.
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by @NSF–@doescience Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess what regions of sky they are? This is just a peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! ls.st/rubin-first-lo…
Is the universe expanding too fast for… physics? Two cosmologists tell us how they measure the universe, and what happens when their numbers don't agree. sciencefriday.com/segments/cosmo…
Is the Hubble tension a real problem? #AskEthan Famed astronomer Wendy Freedman claims (including in an interview with me) that the Hubble tension may not be real. A large suite of evidence, rebutting many of her claims, suggests otherwise. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…
Going to be a guest on NPR @scifri today during the 3pm slot with Wendy Freedman to talk about the latest excitement in cosmology. I hope it’s fun!